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Innovation isn’t about adding. It’s about subtracting.
Innovation isn’t about adding. It’s about subtracting.The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Hello Dee Hock, the visionary behind Visa, understood this paradox deeply. He knew that true breakthroughs come not from piling on new ideas, but from stripping away the crusty layers of old thinking. We all carry mental baggage such as assumptions, habits, and fears that keep us attached to the familiar. But what if the next world-changing leader or idea is trapped behind those very walls we’ve built to keep ourselves safe? Hock didn’t just create a credit card company. He ignited a revolution in global finance by daring to question everything. The inner leader’s journey, which Hock advocated, isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about rediscovering the bold, curious inner leader inside. It’s about having the courage to dismantle your own mental fortresses. You have that power. Right now. To look at your industry, your community, or even yourself, and ask: “What if everything I believe is wrong?” Frankly, if you really pursue this question, you’ll discover so much is upside down. What you thought were pillars of truth might be the very obstacles blocking your path to innovation. That’s how revolutions start. Not with grand plans, but with the quiet act of unlearning. Dare to unlearn. Your revolution awaits. — Bill Bill Fox, Founder, LeaderONE Curious about operating from a place of deeper awareness? |
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Leadership: The Power of Less Hello Reader, Each morning, I wake up to an endless stream of posts on leadership that will somehow transform us into better leaders.But what if we're making it too complicated?Here's what I've experienced on my inner leader journey. It's more about clearing away the noise until all that remains is your authentic voice. Your presence. Your truth.The power isn't in what you add, but in what you remove. Because we've all been conditioned to be somebody else.Strip...
Awareness Is the Missing Link in Leadership Hello Reader, This morning, I discovered the profound quote from Dr. Helena Lass in my LinkedIn feed: "Awareness is the primal quality in the life of all living beings. This is the only instrument that enables us to establish an intimate contact with everything; being a bridge it is used to discover all objects. Although everyone possesses this potent instrument, its intentional and smart use is still largely unknown to the majority." I first became...
It's Not Happening to You—It's Happening from You Hello Reader, What if your organization isn't a set of problems to solve? What if it is a collective consciousness to recognize? This visualization captures a fundamental shift in how we understand leadership. At its core lies a truth: every challenge, success, or dynamic in an organization isn't happening TO us. It's happening FROM us. A dream seems to happen to us until we become lucid. Then, we recognize we are its creators. Leadership...