You’ve probably heard the business adage: “Great organizations are the shadow of the leader.” It makes sense that the culture, vision, direction, and control of the organization is cast by one leader. My question is:…
Years ago I read a little book called the Tyranny of the Urgent. It’s a great read about allowing the unimportant trivialities of life crowding out the most important. We live in a distracted world,…
You have permission to disrupt. In fact, you not only have permission, you have a duty to disrupt, and the cost of not disrupting and forcing innovation may cost you your livelihood. There is a…
“What’s going on in the world of Jeremy Floyd? I know something is going on…Â ” a friend said to me recently, “from Facebook posts to blog posts, I know something’s happening.” Well, in fact, my…
When I was a junior in high school, I received a call one summer morning. Like any reasonable teenager, the 9:00 AM telephone ring jarred me from my deep, adolescent slumber. “May I speak to…
We spend a lot of time crafting what we say, how we say it and how we act when we say it to build our reputation. The unsaid, however, may be the permanent echo of…
“When do you have time to read?” is a question that I’m frequently asked. With the pipe to social media wide open, work, kids, and a steady stream of distractions, there really isn’t much time…