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Re-ima g ine !. Passion & Purpose 07.13.2004. “If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself, you won’t get noticed, and that increasingly means you won’t get paid much either.” Michael Goldhaber, Wired.
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“If there is nothing very special about your work,no matter how hard you apply yourself, you won’t get noticed, and that increasingly means you won’t get paid much either.”Michael Goldhaber, Wired
“Self-reliance never comes ‘naturally’ to adults because they have been so conditioned to think non-authentically that it feels wrenching to do otherwise. … Self Reliance is a last resort to which a person is driven in desperation only when he or she realizes ‘that imitationissuicide, that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion.’ ”—Lawrence Buell, Emerson
The Rule of Positioning“If you can’t describe your position in eight words or less, you don’t have a position.”— Jay Levinson and Seth Godin, Get What You Deserve!
“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must must not obey the laws too well.”—R. W. Emerson
The greatest dangerfor most of usis not that our aim istoo highand we miss it,but that it istoo lowand we reach it.Michelangelo
“For Marx, the path to social betterment was through collective resistance of the proletariat to the economic injustices of the capitalist system that produced such misshapenness and fragmentation.For Emerson, the key was to jolt individuals into realizing the untapped power of energy, knowledge and creativity of which all people, at least in principle, are capable. He too hated all systems of human oppression; but his central project, and the basis of his legacy, was to unchain individual minds.”—Lawrence Buell, Emerson
“Until there is commitment there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Joe J. Jones 1942 – 2003 HE WOULDA DONE SOME REALLY COOL STUFF BUT … HIS BOSS WOULDN’T LET HIM!
“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not.”—Isabel Allende
Characteristics of the “Also rans”*“Minimize risk”“Respect the chain of command”“Support the boss”“Make budget”*Fortune, article on “Most Admired Global Corporations”
It is the foremost task—and responsibility—of our generation to re-imagine our enterprises, private and public.—from the back cover, Re-imagine!
“Management has a lot to do with answers. Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not ‘What are we going to do?’ but ‘Who do we intend to be?’”—Max De Pree, Herman Miller
The Work Matters!“What we do matters to us. Work may not be the most important thing in our lives or the only thing. We may work because we must, but we still want to love, to feel pride in, to respect ourselves for what we do and to make a difference.”—Sara Ann Friedman, Work Matters: Women Talk About Their Jobs and Their Lives
“When was the last time you asked, ‘What do I want to be?’” Sara Ann Friedman, Work Matters
“It’s no longer enough to be a ‘change agent.’ You must be a changeinsurgent—provoking, prodding, warning everyone in sight that complacency is death.”—Bob Reich
HTSH: Engage!Commit! Engage! Try! Fail! Get up! Try again! Fail again! Try again! But never, ever stop moving on! Progress for humanity is engendered by those who join and savor the fray by giving one hundred percent of themselves to their dreams! Not by those timid souls who remain glued to the sidelines, stifled by tradition, and fearful of losing face or giving offense to the reigning authorities.Keywords: Commit! Engage! Try! Fail! Persist!
“She made us close our eyes and hear the singers she was passionate about: Roberta Flack and Aretha Franklin. ‘Listen to the joy in their voices,’ urged Diane. ‘It’s not the words or the music. They sing with such great passion, such heart and soul. You can feel how the singers love what they’re doing. It’s not just a job to them. If you want to excel at anything, you must be passionate. Otherwise, why waste your time?’ ”Source: Lucky Every Day: The Wisdom of Diane Geppi-Aikens, by Chip Silverman)
“How Would You Play Today If You Knew You Could Not Play Tomorrow”Source: Slogan for Loyola’s lacrosse season, from coach Diane Geppi-Aikens (Lucky Every Day: The Wisdom of Diane Geppi-Aikens, by Chip Silverman)
“If you ask me what I have come to do in this world, I who am an artist, I will reply: I am here to live my life out loud.”— Émile Zola
“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body—but rather a skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow, what a ride!’ ”—anon.
“In Tom’s world, it’s always better to try a swan dive and deliver a colossal belly flop than to step timidly off the board while holding your nose.”—Fast Company /October2003
“I don’t think there’s anything worse than being ordinary.”American Beauty
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”—James Dean
The Re-imagineer’s Credo … or, Pity the Poor Brown*Technicolor Times demand …Technicolor Leaders and Boards who recruit …Technicolor People who are sent on …Technicolor Quests to execute …Technicolor (WOW!) Projects in partnership with …Technicolor Customers and …Technicolor Suppliers all of whom are in pursuit of …Technicolor Goals and Aspirations fit for …Technicolor Times.*WSC
“ ‘It’s only business, not personal’ … IT ALWAYS IS PERSONAL.”
Measures • WOW! • Beauty! • Raving Fans! • Impact!
“Astonish me!” / S.D.“Build something great!” / H.Y.“Immortal!” / D.O.
The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage,Joseph Pine & James Gilmore
TP: “Your ‘signature’ is not ‘I work for Dow.’ It’s, ‘’I accomplished [INCREDIBLY COOL PROJECT] while I was associated with Dow.’”**Terms: Signature. Portfolio. Projects. Braggables.
“To Be somebody or to Do something”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.”— Jack Welch
“Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.”Phil Daniels, Sydney exec
Some Do, Some Don’tI take an “heroic” (“Great man”) view of life-history.
“intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in externals but a savage at heart.”
Herman Melville on JPJ: “intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in externals but a savage at heart.”—from Evan Thomas, John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
Huh?“Quiet, workmanlike, stoic leaders bring about the big transformations.”--JC
Huh?“Humility: The Surprise Factor in Leadership … bosses with Gung-ho Qualities and Charisma May Be Out of Fashion” —Headline/FT/re JCollins/10.03
“Humble” Pastels?T. Paine/P. Henry/A. Hamilton/T. Jefferson/B. FranklinA. Lincoln/U.S. Grant/W.T. ShermanTR/FDR/LBJ/RR/JFKPatton/Monty/HalseyM.L. King/C. de Gaulle/M. Gandhi/W. ChurchillPicasso/Mozart/Copernicus/Newton/Einstein/Djarassi/Watson H. Clinton/G. Steinem/I. Gandhi/G. Meir/M. Thatcher E. Shockley/A. Grove/J. Welch/L. Gerstner/L. Ellison/B. Gates/S. Jobs/S. McNealy/T. Turner/R. Murdoch/W. Wriston A. Carnegie/J.P. Morgan/H. Ford/S. Honda/J.D. Rockefeller/T.A. Edison Rummy/Norm/Henry/Wolfie Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony/Martha Cary Thomas/Carrie Chapman Catt/Alice Paul/Anna Elizabeth Dickinson/Arabella Babb Mansfield/Margaret Sanger
“To Hell With Well Behaved …Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently willful? ‘Keep her,’ I replied. … The suffragettes refused to be polite in demanding what they wanted or grateful for getting what they deserved. Works for me.”—Anna Quindlen/Newsweek
