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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
Wise people find a way or make a way when faced with obstacles. When too much rain threatened to ruin the cherry crop in New Zealand, orchard owners used helicopters to dry the crop so they could meet the demand created by the Chinese New Year celebration. Over the past seven years, China has become…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 24 views
Published September 19, 2013 FoxNews.com Someone just paid David Rees, of Beacon, N.Y., $35 to sharpen a pencil. "I think people think: 'Wow, I can't believe he actually did it,'" Rees said. "I wasn't sure what would happen when I sent this guy my money." Now before you write him off as some con-artist…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 3 views
Published October 24, 2011 | Reuters Steve Jobs called long-time rival and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates as "unimaginative" and not really a product person, according to a biography of the deceased Apple Inc chief executive. "Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 2 views
You ever heard of the book, Orbiting the Giant Hairball? I had not either until I was working on this message. Now don’t worry, I’m not going to try to “wax eloquent” on the revolutions you can do around feline fur. No, I’m more interested in what the book said than I am in its title. You see it was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
CREATIVITY The outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus was no laughing matter, especially in Mexico where the first cases appeared. Though millions of Mexican citizens wore surgical masks and stayed away from public places to prevent infection, they used the opportunity to display their sense of humor. The imposing…
Illustration • • 23 views
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 3 views
The things we fear most in organizations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity. - Margaret J. Wheatley Reader’s Digest, May 1994, page 17
John Leffler • Illustration • • 3 views
Pockets Something in the 1700s, pockets as we know them today came into being. But they are very different from an early form of pocket that was a small bag, hung from one’s belt or even around one’s neck. But… Problem: Pockets hanging from the belt were an easy target for thieves. Solution: Hang pockets…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 18 views
by Dr. John C. Maxwell The power of thought is indisputably great. For illustration, look at the life of Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century Massachusetts philosopher. In 1849, Thoreau, as a relatively unknown scholar, published his thoughts in a controversial essay about civil disobedience. The essay…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 3 views
On February 26, 1829, a Jewish boy named Loeb Strauss was born in a cottage in the Bavarian village of Buttenheim. As a young man, Loeb changed his name to Levi and wound up in California where he opened a textile company in San Francisco. One day a gold miner walked into Levi’s shop and assailed the…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 340 views
Don't allow the fire of adversity to make you a skeptic. Allow it to purify you. The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make. A potential leader is the one who would be able to mentally sustain your organization's vision if you quit thinking for the next month. I like to…