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Kenan Samms
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Generating Buy-In

Three elements other than a good product that are essential in launching a successful new ventureREAD»

Kenan Samms
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Leadership: Stand Up and Be Counted

Dances with Wolves was a critical and box office success. It established creator and star, Kevin Costner, as an actor with exceptional talent as well as a gifted director. Costner was a bankable star before Dances with Wolves but had ...READ»

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What We Learned In The New Economy: Converge Those Actionables, Dude!

Did you speak New Economy? The vocabulary now seems strangely quaint, if not outright asinine. Here's a helpful glossary for those who have conveniently forgotten.READ»

You Have to Start Meeting Like This!

We work -- therefore we meet. But why do so few of our meetings meet our expectations? Michael Begeman may be the world's foremost expert on the business world's most universal ritual. Here's his short course on running meetings that will work for you.READ»

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You Have to Start Meeting Like This!

We work -- therefore we meet. But why do so few of our meetings meet our expectations? Michael Begeman may be the world's foremost expert on the business world's most universal ritual. Here's his short course on running meetings that will work for you.READ»

The Picture Frame Worth 1,000 Bookings

Software that puts your best image forward.READ»

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The Ballet of Business

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." -- Mikhail Baryshnikov My wife and I aren't stereotypical Little League parents. We don't push coaches to put our kids in the first string, and ...READ»

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The Ballet of Business

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." -- Mikhail Baryshnikov My wife and I aren't stereotypical Little League parents. We don't push coaches to put our kids in the first string, and ...READ»

Ultimate Taxi

What distinguishes this taxi from the standard fare?READ»

Kenan Samms
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The Leading Edge - President elect Barack Obama - Silomaster

I first wrote this in August, 2007 for Fast Company.  It was about the fact that we have been turned into silos.  This has enabled us to focus on our areas of expertise, but has hurt the ability to cooperatie, collaberate and ...READ»

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Silomastery and Mergermastery

Until you rise above the fray of WIIFM ("what’s in it for me")-minded participants, everyone will put their needs above that of their company.READ»

FC.Net - Getting Started

Are you born to lead?READ»

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Motorhead Messiah

Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him?READ»

The Short, Shady History of Hollywood South

One New Orleans industry survived Katrina: its booming film business. Now the lawsuits are flying, and the old rot is setting in fast. Another sad tale from the city that just can't stop itself.READ»

Golf Course

Butch Harmon, guru to Tiger Woods, teaches that winning is all in your head -- in golf or in business.READ»

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The Devil’s Paint Brush within Organizational Leadership

The Philosophy of LeaderShaping, the off-spring of the “Six Levels of Leadership,” depends heavily on “Communications” and “Intelligence” to be successful. When one or both of these elements becomes compromised, the result ...READ»