by stevenpdennis | Mar 18, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership
At one time I kicked off my keynote speeches by saying that I had put together a short video that summed up how many executives are feeling about the state of retail today. Then I showed a clip from Poltergiest II that mostly features 15 seconds of a teenage girl...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 14, 2020 | E-commerce, Innovation, Retail
It seems as if those who spend a lot of time worrying about the future of retail have fallen into one of two camps. There are the “retail apocalypse” proselytizers who would have us believe that virtually all shopping will eventually be done online, that most...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 14, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership, Life Lessons
Many of us seem to be praying to a god of unending, unrelenting perseverance. If your social media experience is anything like mine, it’s not long before some form of never-give-up-ism hits your timeline. Then, most often, that person’s followers pile on with a hearty...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 13, 2020 | Being Remarkable, Innovation, Leadership
If only growth–profound, meaningful growth–personal, business or otherwise, could happen without confronting our fears and was devoid of any risk, absent any real struggle or pain. Wouldn’t it be great if the journey from a challenging present set of circumstances to...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 13, 2020 | Being Remarkable, Innovation, Leadership
“Just because you killed Jesse James, don’t make you Jesse James.” – Mike Ehrmantraut to Walter White, Episode 3, Season 5 of Breaking Bad. Just because you’ve shot down my idea doesn’t mean yours is better. Defending the status quo can be necessary, but mostly it’s...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 13, 2020 | Being Remarkable, Innovation
In his “I have a dream” speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged a slow and steady pathway to civil rights reform. Those in favor of an incremental approach feared that making waves–that being too confrontational–would backfire. It was seen as too risky a strategy....
