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Embracing failure
You want to know something funny? Before I was a well known talking head, I was the kid who was fired at age 16 from the frozen yogurt store for giving free yogurt to a friend. I'm also the guy who wrote two horrible novels, and began a speaking career, as a very mediocre speaker. I could mention many additional failures I've endured over the years. But let's think about these three, for just a moment. Because I was fired as a teenager, I began to think seriously, for the first time, about integrity. Because my books were not very good, I was pushed to consider other types of writing. Today, writings a big part of what I do. I'm also a professional speaker, but I didn't start as a great speaker. Audiences thought I was good, but not great. I chose to use that feedback and study the craft. Eventually I was successful because I was lucky enough to experience these failures early. And the key to my progress was choosing to learn from these mistakes. What about you? Learning how to take…
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Becoming a change agent2m 59s
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Finding targets for innovation2m 45s
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Assessing your organization's change readiness2m 50s
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Embracing failure2m 33s
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Developing your creativity3m 6s
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Breaking through with brainstorming3m 16s
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Embracing the devil's advocate2m 50s
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Managing creative talent3m 2s
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Fighting bureaucracy3m 6s
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Not all best practices are best2m 57s
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Diversity’s real power2m 6s
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Initiating change conversations2m 57s
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Creating needed debate3m 2s
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Knowing when to engage positive conflict2m 42s
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Myth of creative genius2m 44s
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Changing routines to build new thought2m 41s
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Making risk feel like learning2m 47s
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The difference between creativity and innovation3m 10s
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People don't hate change2m 47s
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Advocating for the unpopular2m 20s
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The upside of limited resources2m 54s
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Understanding change capacity2m 24s
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Picking a successful fight at work2m 19s
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Start, stop, change2m 44s
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