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Three Ways to Create Breakthrough Thinking for More Powerful Decisions

How can we free ourselves from the chains of cognitive biases for Breakthrough Thinking and get more of the results we want?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 107 TranscriptDownload and listen-on-the-go to Episode 107 to find out.  Inspired by The Undoing Project by Moneyball author Michael Lewis, Scott and I discuss our insights and recommendations on what it takes to outsmart our natural cognitive biases to create the more robust thinking needed to obtain more powerful outcomes.

You’ll gain insights on:

  • The inspirational story of how two strikingly different psychologists collaborated to develop the foundation of behavioral economics
  • Examples of three common cognitive biases, how they can mislead us, and how to outsmart them
  • Three immediately useful ideas for creating an environment that increases our individual and collective breakthrough thinking

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Looking to Build a Breakthrough Brand? Create Breakthrough Thinking

What does it take to accelerate breakthrough thinking to take your brand to the top? 

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 102 TranscriptDownload and listen- on-the-go to Episode 102.  Scott and I discuss our take on recent survey results in Fortune about the top “breakthrough brands” of 2017. We also discuss a powerful way to create the breakthrough thinking that is foundational for creating breakthrough brands.

You’ll gain insights on:

  • Two key factors that elevate breakthrough brands into positions of category ownership
  • A surprising approach for unlocking the imagination it takes to create strategic breakthroughs
  • Three immediately useful ideas for imagining new dreams for your brand and company — and making them come true

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New Years Resolution Bonus: Master Leading through the “Gray Zone of Innovation” on the Journey of Growth

Here’s what it takes to lead through the ambiguity and Gray Zone of Innovation – especially during major change 

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 101 TranscriptDownload and listen- on-the-go to Episode 101.  This is a “must listen” episode for any visionary leader who is growing a company. With 2017 shaping up to be a year of potentially seismic changes in political systems, the economy, and the business environment, Scott and I had to include this bonus New Year’s resolution. Mastering the art of leading innovation through major change will be a critical competency in the years ahead.

You’ll gain insights on:

  • What “the gray zone of innovation” is, and how the CEO can set the stage for reducing it
  • The conflicting needs that are always behind the ambiguity of innovation
  • Three immediately useful ideas for creating an environment for navigating the innovation gray zone

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The Art of Transforming Business Models for Dramatic Growth

How did one company scale and grow 10X despite twists and turns in the economy?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 74 TranscriptGain insights by listening on-the-go to Episode 74. We speak with Cheryl Biron, President and CEO of award-winning One Horn Transportation, a trucking and logistics brokerage she co-founded in 2005 with her husband, Louis.

Through its “constant reinvention” strategy, One Horn pivoted from an asset-based carrier, owning tractor-trailers, to an agent-based brokerage using independent contractors to move their customers’ loads

One Horn has been ranked among the 50 Fastest-Growing Women Owned and Led Companies by the Women’s President’s Organization. It has also been listed among New Jersey’s 50 fastest growing businesses by NJBIZ for the past several years. (read Cheryl’s bio below)

Find out:

  • How One Horn scaled and grew 10x despite the great recession
  • The go-big-or-go home decisions that drove One Horn’s successful business transformations
  • Three immediately useful ideas to apply when transforming a business model

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The Secret to Achieving Game-Changing Results

What does it take to stay first, fast, and foremost?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 66 TranscriptFind out by listening on-the-go to Episode 66. Scott and I share what visionary leaders of  leading companies do to break with the status quo and keep their competitive edge.
In this episode, you’ll gain insights on:

  • Myths about “changing the game”
  • The secret for discovering  new opportunities faster
  • Three immediately useful ideas for changing the game faster

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The Art of Fusing Technology and Business for Growth

Beyond “Uberizing” — could your company use IT in new ways to stay ahead of the competition?

Listen on-the-go to our conversation with Tim Hebert, CEO of award-winning Atrion, about using IT as a transformative strategic asset. Atrion is a “top 1% organization” with a proven track record for helping clients fuse IT with their businesses. Under Tim’s leadership over the past 20 years, Atrion has earned numerous industry awards, including: Best Place to Work, Business Excellence Award Winner, and Inc. 5000 Company.

Tim is also a published thought leader who regularly blogs for IDG Enterprise, the leading enterprise technology media company composed of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, DEMO, InfoWorld, ITworld and Network World.

We discuss:

  • How IT can transform business models to creatively respond to emerging market needs
  • What it takes to foster a truly strategic IT organization capable of delivering breakthrough value
  • Three essential questions for maximizing IT expenditures to grow and transform a business

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CEO Lessons Learned From a Successful Company Reinvention

How did one CEO dramatically reinvent a company, resulting in a multi-billion dollar deal?

Listen now to our conversation with Dr. Francois Nader, M.D., MBA, who was the CEO and President of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2008 to 2015. He tells the remarkable story of his company’s reinvention, resulting in its acquisition by Shire Pharmaceuticals in January 2015 for $5.2 billion.

We discuss:

  • The anatomy of the crisis that resulted in the wholesale reinvention of NPS
  • How Dr. Nader and his leadership team won stakeholder support for the reinvention
  • Two actionable steps you can take to accelerate reinvention, big or small, in your own company

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The Secrets of Creating an Environment For Innovation

What does it take to foster unprecedented levels of innovation?

We delve into the critical role that leaders can play in achieving this goal with Arthur Fox, Founder and Chief Innovation Leader at Innovation Global Network. Arthur developed his innovation expertise as one of the principal forces behind the explosive growth of Listerine Brand products over the past 20 years. He has since extended into building a global presence for sharing innovation best practices across companies of all sizes.

We discuss:

  • Why it can be so challenging to create an environment that consistently ensures the highest levels of innovation
  • What it takes to engage all levels of a company into becoming innovation champions
  • How leaders can immediately start to bring increased strength and vigor to their company’s innovation engine

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