Fundamental and sustained improvement in a business is always a function of fundamental change in the leader’s point of view about what is possible.

Steven Johnson is an author and speaker and I just love this rendering of his talk on innovation.  (Thanks, Maryl, for sending it to me!) Check out this 4-minute video, and I recommend watching it on your full screen, because it moves fast and there’s alot to take in as Steven describes how slow hunches become breakthroughs! Perfect stuff for …

An interview with Charlie Smith, PhD. by IdeaConnection‘s Vern Burkhardt. Excerpt below, read full interview HERE. “Inevitably organizations with the most available energy will prevail. This refers to energy, aliveness, and vitality. Energy is equivalent to the power to act, which in turn determines success.” Charles E. Smith Vern Burkhardt (VB): In Navigating From The Future you talk about “sustainable …

By Charles E. Smith Ph.D. This article first appeared in Xonitek – Operational Excellence by Design. Posted with permission. John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” I’ve spent a good part of my life making lists, setting goals, making plans and calling people up.  Mostly, it’s been a waste of time.  Some years ago, …

Did you miss the last Leading Coaches’ Mastermind Call?  Want to know what happened? Leading Coach and Leading Coaches’ Academy Faculty Charles Smith, PhD., transformational coach to CEOs for over 40 years and author of multiple books on innovation and sustainable transformation, guided our conversation about the impact of energy on predicable business results.  It  was a mesmerizing call, and …

Our first call was held 3-24-2010 and we had 44 people register for the call.  The featured Leading Coach was Charlie Smith, and the conversation was about energy, Noble Purpose, the 6 dialogues, breakthrough innovation, and sustainable transformation among many other topics!   You can listen in here using the player by pressing the ‘play’ triangle below:

Charlie’s Note “My personal  mission is to inspire leaders to what they are capable of, not just what they can do.  There is a methodology which reliably generates transformation.  It requires courage, clarity and focus in uncommon arenas.  For those willing to take these commitments to heart, a bright future beckons.” “I want to enroll people in the possibility that …

Here’s a great new article from Charlie Smith that explains Why Things Work. Charlie’s a genius when it comes to helping leaders navigate innovation breakthroughs, and what organizations are not seeking innovation these days? Here are a few quotes from the article, and I definitely recommend downloading the whole thing: “The world is littered with examples where once promising opportunities …

I’m delighted to have permission to share with you this engaging piece by one of my mentors on the malady he has dubbed Possibility Deficit Disorder.  It’s a pandemic!  I’d love your thoughts and reactions.  Read on and login to be able to comment below. Possibility Deficit Disorder (PDD) tm by Charles E. Smith and Donald Duprey What is PDD? …

“Social media has reached a tipping point as a way of connecting with others, but it has also transformed the way businesses are run, and even the top-down ethos from which many organizations operate. Marketers no longer “own” brand messages, but are rather building their brand equity through relationship building; they are becoming experts in the art of giving away …