Mike Hohnen

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Tom Peters – hits it spot on

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What it’s all about in 80 words:

Wildly altered context (technology, China-India, global terrorism, etc.)
Only answer: Adaptive skills and bold-breathtaking innovation (top-line focus rather
than cost-cutting focus)
Race way, way up the value-added curve (implemented “game-altering solutions”
rather than “services,” “experiences” rather than “transactions,” and more)
Radical (!!!) use of IS-IT
A “Roster” of Weird & Wondrous & Entrepreneurial “Talent” engaged in
“Wow Projects”
“Metabolic Leadership” (Passionate Leaders who instill a Discipline of Execution,
a Quick Tempo Culture and an appetite to “Eat Radical Change for Breakfast”)

Tom Peters

A great product

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The key to evangelism is a great product. It is easy, almost unavoidable, to catalyze evangelism for a great product. It is hard, almost impossible, to catalyze evangelism for crap. (Evangelism, after all, comes from the Greek word for “bringing the good news,” not “the crappy news.”)

So what is a great product – read Guy’s Blog

guykawasaki

BabyBoomer opportunity – are you on the bus?

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“The senior sweepstakes kicks into high gear this weekend as the first baby boomers turn 60 and states, cities, and small towns mount ad campaigns to attract up-and-coming retirees and their spending power.”

As Re-imagine! readers know, the pursuit of the boomer-geezer market is one of my hobbyhorses. So: What, precisely, are your boomer-geezer product-development and marketing-distribution plans? Despite the staggering #s (80M boomers in the U.S. alone, commanding Trillion$$$ in dollar-power), damn few firms have made a … Strategic Commitment … to this market. Hint: This is not a “Citigroup issue” issue/opportunity. It is an opportunity for almost all of us!

Tom Peters

The beauty of Now!

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My only goal is to have no goals. The goal, every time, is that film, that very moment.”

?Bernardo Bertolucci

Evereyday Leadership Lesson

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Our captain was a natural, though. He not only nipped a potential passenger riot in the bud, he also won over a tough crowd with his candor and charm. As unlucky as we felt to be on a thrice-delayed flight, we felt fortunate to have flown with him.

Fast Company

2006 Food Forecast

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Food forecasters are predicting some provocative trends, including such possibilities as Christian-raised chicken, and diet and beauty advice from experts as you shop for groceries.

Trend expert Faith Popcorn, keynote speaker at the Future of Food conference last month in Washington.
Popcorn also told food executives at the conference, which was sponsored by the supermarket industry, that it’s a myth women love to grocery shop — they really hate it. They’d like it a lot more, Popcorn said, if it were “an experience” in which they could participate, such as by talking to a nutritionist or beauty expert about new products.

Washingtonpost

Low-carb fad is officially dead

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If there’s one sign in 2006 that the low-carb fad is officially dead, it might be this:
The bread bowl is about to make a comeback.

Quiznos will serve Toasted Gourmet Bread Bowls that can be
filled with soup, chili, toasted cheese rings or roast chicken or beef.
Quiznos Sub, the trendy sandwich chain best known for its toasted subs, this week will introduce nationally three varieties of Toasted Gourmet Bread Bowls. They can be had not only with soup or chili, but also stuffed with rings of toasted cheese and chunks of roast chicken or beef.

USA Today