by stevenpdennis | Apr 27, 2020 | Being Remarkable, Leadership
Famed business strategist Mike Tyson once said “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Whether the epic health and economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus is a true Black Swan event is debatable, but it’s clear no business...
by stevenpdennis | Jun 8, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership
One of my favorite quotations is from science fiction writer William Gibson who said “the future is already here–it’s just not very evenly distributed.” In fact, I like it so much that Chapter 6 of my new book is basically an extended riff on...
by stevenpdennis | Apr 7, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership
“If you dislike change, you’re going to dislike irrelevance more.” – Retired General Eric Ken Shinseki In most decision-making sessions, as we pore over the spreadsheets, company analysts typically discuss discount rates that are being used,...
by stevenpdennis | Mar 31, 2020 | Inspiration, Leadership, Life Lessons
It’s hard to imagine a time filled with more fear and less certainty. Our daily routines are now anything but. Markets are in turmoil and job losses are mounting. Some of the businesses and organizations we love edge ever closer to the precipice and there is a...
by stevenpdennis | Mar 23, 2020 | Being Remarkable, Leadership
The notion of “black swan events” originates in the ancient Latin saying “rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno” (translated roughly as “a rare bird in the lands and very much like a black swan”) that presumed that black...
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...
