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Brain shuts down about the future

How the Future Shuts Your Brain Down

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Mahatma Gandhi. We’re disconnected from our Future Self.  We don’t have empathy. We don’t relate to how our Future Self, is really us in the future.   We can’t imagine. I always wondered why it seemed so hard for some people to imagine how things …

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How To Use Email Memos to Share Your Big Ideas Better

“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable, personal touches – at scale.” — David Newman Have you ever read an inspiring email or a memo from one human to another that helps you see a whole new world of possibility? I’m sure you’ve read lots of bad emails, too, just like there are …

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How To Innovate Like Einstein

“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” — Theodore Levitt Innovation is a game everyone can play. But you need innovation tools and techniques to be more effective. What if you could innovate like Archimedes, Einstein, or Edison?  What new process would you create, what new product would you design, or …

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How To Brainstorm Better with Information Models

“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” – Linus Pauling I wanted to share a simple way to brainstorm and come up with more scenarios for digital transformation. There are a lot of very simple ways to come up with more scenarios.  But the real trick is to …

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Vision Narrative Memo Example–The Rise of the Business Evangelist at Microsoft

“What is coming is better than what is gone.” — Arabic Proverb Here’s an example of a vision memo I wrote to try and paint the vision and idea of business evangelism at Microsoft as a way to accelerate and de-risk Digital Transformation. Well, it’s really focused on the idea of building the business innovation …

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I am J.D. Meier. I help you unleash your greatest impact. Former head coach for Satya Nadella's innovation team. 25 years of Microsoft. Learn more...

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