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They Don't Call them Forecasts For Nothing

There was a great blog post by 37Signals (actually several through the years) on the fallacy of forecasts and I have been happy to add my ow...

Kualabobon 22.40 Add Comment Decision Making, Leadership, Teamwork Edit

Hiring and Human Nature

There is a common phrase that is said (and I have certainly used hundreds of times myself) that upon reflection is a lie: "Great minds...

Kualabobon 22.34 Add Comment Innovation, Marketing, Product Development, Sales Channels Edit

The Trap of Being Competitive

It is a frequent request from sales teams: create products that are more competitively priced or competitively featured. It sounds good and...

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The 3 Secrets of Life

Okay, I confess, I don't know the secret of life. I have a suspicion that it has something to do with not seeking the secret (doing) an...

Kualabobon 22.28 Add Comment Coaching, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Productivity Edit

Doing the Wrong Things Right

I read a great blog post by Dan Pink on this topic and thought it would make a great cartoon. This might be a good one to print out and p...

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Maybe this doesn't happen to you

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How Times Flies

I judged a capstone business plan presentation today at the Oregon Graduate Institute today and met someone who has read this blog (thanks!)...

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Every Day is New

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Inspiration in Another Form

I have been working on a new praise and worship song that includes these lines. I heard them first at a worship session lead by Kathryn Scot...

Kualabobon 22.35 Add Comment Brainstorming, Cartoons, Innovation, Inspiration Edit

The Power of Focus and Perspective

Kualabobon 22.31 Add Comment Cartoons, Change Management, Coaching, Just for Fun, Leadership, Passion Edit

The Shock of Reality

A colleague of mine said this the other day (in the context of some technical issue he was dealing with) and I thought it good advice for ot...

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Complexity

Seems to me there are two kinds of businesses: one which relies on reducing complexity and costs and delivering a simple proposition to cust...

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Courage

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Long Live Potential

This quote, along with so many other great ones, can be found a Chris Guillebeau's blog .

Kualabobon 22.55 Add Comment Brainstorming, Cartoons, Coaching, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Innovation, Inspiration, Passion Edit

Being Bolder

What's the worst thing that could happen? It probably isn't as bad as you think (or as likely).

Kualabobon 21.51 Add Comment Cartoons, Passion Edit

Judiciously Judge

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Adventure

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Paint a Picture

I find the leadership is really about storytelling. First, having the skills to survey the landscape, recognize the patterns, and choose an...

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Gung-Ho Attitude

Another phrase I have never really understood was "gung-ho attitude," but that didn't keep me from loving this line from one o...

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What does it mean to be "happy as a clam?"

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Mission or Adventure

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Waiting for Inspiration

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Get Your Fancy Tickled

You can use this cartoon for non-commercial purposes. Link back to http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot.com and credit Jennifer Davis.

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Limitless Corrolations

This was inspired by a tweet by Kent Lewis from Anvil Media about a presentation he heard at the AMA's Brandologie conference in Port...

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How Do You Do

This is the reason that behavorial interviewing works and why people who are successful in one arena, also are successful in others. I saw t...

Kualabobon 13.40 Add Comment Cartoons, Communication, Inspiration, Marketing Edit

From the Heart

You are free to use this cartoon for non-commercial purposes. Give credit to Jennifer Davis and link back to http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot....

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The Difference

I read this quote on Chris Brogan's blog and thought it worthy of immortalization in a cartoon. Enjoy! As with all the others you are fr...

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A Matter of Taste and Talent

Ryan Sims from Virb.com spoke at WebVisions. One of the things he talked about was a matter of taste and talent, in which he showed a grap...

Kualabobon 22.10 Add Comment Cartoons, Personal Development Edit

Hope I am not the only one who feels this way

As always, you can use these cartoons for non-commercial purposes, just give credit to Jennifer Davis and link back to http://jenniferbdavis...

Kualabobon 21.54 Add Comment Business Ideas, Cartoons, Change Management, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Organizations and Culture, Social Capital Edit

Risk? We don't need no stinkin' risk.

There is a spectrum of emotion that is said to rule the stock market that runs from fear to greed. With the recent events in the financial m...

Kualabobon 21.50 Add Comment Cartoons, Decision Making, Leadership, Organizations and Culture Edit

Failing Fast

I am of the school of thought that the worst decisions tend to be the ones made slowly. If you wait until all the data is readily available ...

Kualabobon 22.14 Add Comment Cartoons, Communication, Internet Tools, Just for Fun, Publishing Edit

Twitter is like....

I heard the following at Carrie Bugbee's session at WebVisions 2009 and couldn't resist turning into into a cartoon. Enjoy! You can ...

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WebVisions Inspiration

I just attended the WebVisions conference in Portland and got to interact with many inspirational speakers and concepts. I think I have se...

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Come Bloom

This is a great multi-purpose invitation. It could work for so many things, all of them good. Who do you want to bloom with? Send them th...

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Speculation Abounds

I first heard this quote from a minister at a Portland-area church event and thought it was fantastic. It applies in so many situations an...

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Yes, and

I am amazed that over the years one of the most popular posts I have done was on the topic of " Yes, and ", the tool used by impro...

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Meeting of the Minds about Meetings

If you were to make a list of the most and least effective meetings that you have, what would your list look like. Here is my first draft. I...

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Idea Smackdown

Related to my earlier post about there not being a shortage of ideas , there is a natural selection process for ideas. In most organization...

Kualabobon 19.08 Add Comment Cartoons, Communication, Just for Fun, Public Relations Edit

LinkedOUT-and-ABOUT

A LinkedIn contact reached out to me the other day to schedule lunch (which we did). She told me that she was trying to meet with every loc...

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Midlife Crisis

For more thoughts on midlife crisis, see Craig Damrauer's excellent drawing on the subject (which inspired mine above) or my friend, Li...

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Imagination

The kids were playing in the yard today and I was enjoying hearing them decide what characters they were going to be. It made me think that ...

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Luster

A friend of mine commented the other day on her blog that she was feeling "lackluster." I, too, have felt that way many a time and...

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Retwizzled

I find myself using made up words and one my recent favorites is "retwizzled." I use it to mean when I need to tweak, edit, or cha...

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K.I.T. 2.0

When it came time to sign yearbooks, I remember that it was popular to write "K.I.T." which stood for "Keep in Touch." N...

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Rule of Thumb

I have been reading Alan Webber's new book, Rules of Thumb . In it, he offers and describes 52 different rules of business that he has l...

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Consolidarity

A colleague of mine recently used the word "consolidarity" in a conversation the other day (never minding that it is actually not ...

Kualabobon 17.31 Add Comment Cartoons, Innovation Edit

Innovation is More Than Ideas

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Creating Cartoons

Some of you may recall that in 2008 I made a personal resolution to draw some one-frame cartoons and post them to this blog. I have renewed ...