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Failure Can Be Mined for New Knowledge and Unseen Opportunities
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In the right context and when appropriately framed, the identification of failure is one the best way to scout out and identify the possibilities for improvement. To the keen entrepreneurial eye, the failure of others can shine light on potential opportunities.

Does More Failure Bring More Success?
There is a strange idea that has been floating around the world of management for the past few decades. It is this: failure is good and should be both encouraged and embraced.

Why Business and Ethics Are Always Connected
In this post I discuss the inherent connection between business purpose and ethical behaviour as two components of the larger category of human action.

Today, December 5th, Is Walt Disney’s Birthday. That’s Something to Celebrate!
Today, December 5, is Walt Disney’s birthday. Born in 1901,…

Advice For New MBA Students
Shortly after completing my Fast-Track MBA at the University…

Walt Disney’s Method of Optimizing Success Through Failure
Looking back at the long and varied career of Walt Disney,…

Walt Disney, Pinocchio, and Lessons for Leaders
One of the attributes that made Walt Disney unique amongst…

Walt Disney’s Secret to Making Dreams Come True: Courage
In doing research for a 1955 article for Woman's Day magazine…

Former Allegan CEO David Pyott on Performance and Purpose
A lot of companies think that they need to make themselves…

Are Corporate Leaders Adhering To Their Corporate Purpose?
The question of the underlying purpose of business and the…

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Fossil Fuels
It is rare to find anybody writing about ethics (as distinct…