Friday's Thought - On Leadership

Today’s Friday thought comes from a source very close to home. :)

Friday’s Thought – Creativity & Art

I had the fortune to meet Scott Adams several years ago during the height of Dilbert mania. He autographed a oversized comic strip for me that I gave to my husband many years ago framed.

Anyway, I just love this thought from Scott on the relationship of creativity to art. It reminds me that it’s often not just what you put into the process that’s important, it’s what you take out that sets it apart.

Friday’s Thought – Best Practices

I create this slide almost exactly a year ago after being inspired by the thoughts from a comment left on my blog by Dave Ferguson. Here’s the original post from 11/08 and the slide that it inspired.



Have a similar thought to share, please add comment to this post. Thx.

Friday's Thought - Innovation

This Friday thought comes my own thinking about the necessary ingredients for innovation. I feel fortunate to have worked in organizations that have valued pushing the envelope on new ideas and services and from my experience, these four elements have been the key to success.



Got a innovation quote or thought that you love, please let me know in the comments. I’m always up for a bit of new wisdom.

Friday's Thought - Learning

I really love this quote and thought it paired beautifully with this photo of a 101 year-old learner exploring an iPhone app for the very first time.


I really need acknowledge and thank my good friend Tony Tallent for granting me permission to use this wonderful photo he took of his grandmother Carrie. Although I never had the opportunity to meet her, I know that she was amazing woman who despite having been raised in rural uneducated community embodied the notion of lifelong learning.

Thanks again Tony for allowing me to share this photo. I can only imagine how much change Carrie saw in her 101 years of life and from the photo, you can tell that she embraced it with curiosity.

Friday’s Thought

It must come from my many years of creating and building presentations that whenever I stumble upon a great quote that moves or inspires me, I immediately grab it and dump it in my misc_slides file.

Although the contributions to this file have grown significantly over the past few years, many of my favorite quotes/slides actually have never been incorporated into a talk. So rather then just leave those slides hidden in my flash drive, I’ve decided to post the collection over the next few weeks, one slide every Friday.

Here’s the first:



If you have a favorite quote related to this thought, please add to the comments. I’m always up for a little inspiration.