by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2010
On April 21, 2010, Fast Company magazine sponsored a conference called Innovation Uncensored. Nike president and CEO Mark Parker was one of the featured speakers. Parker told the story of what transpired when, shortly after he became CEO, he got a call from Steve...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2010
Speaking at the 2010 World Business Forum, legendary General Electric CEO, Jack Welch, praised Apple CEO Steve Jobs as the most innovative business leader in the world. According to Welch, “From an innovative, passion driven perspective, Steve Jobs is a model leader.”...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 1, 2010
You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can’t convince anybody else, it doesn’t matter. That was my main message to about 400 authors and aspiring authors who gathered in San Diego on September 26, 2010, to attend the 21st Century Book...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Sep 30, 2010
The U.S. workforce is wondering when the orchestra will begin for new-job “musical chairs”. Managers with frozen budgets or uncertain revenue projections are counting on unemployment near a 10% plateau to keep workers in their seats. But the “be grateful you have a...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Sep 28, 2010
“Is Steve Jobs a marketing genius or an innovation genius?” That’s the provocative question posed by TheStreet.com’s Gregg Greenburg about my new book, The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 24, 2010
Inspiration is in short supply. Only 20 percent of employees are “engaged” in their work. They are all looking for someone to believe in. As a leader, they should believe in you. After years of interviewing some of the top leaders of our day, I found that...
