The Science of Learning: It’s Vital For Your Success
In order to learn anything, whether it is math, a foreign language, or how to dribble a soccer ball, you need to create and strengthen pathways in your brain. Think about the first time you tried to kick or throw a ball. Your first time doing it, you didn’t have a pathway for that movement […]
Curiosity Is a Superpower — The Science and Traits of Curious People
A long time ago, there existed a small village named Naïve Hill. The inhabitants of this town were very conventional people who knew only to search around for wildly growing fruits, plants, and nuts, talk, and sleep. They all lived this basic lifestyle except for one teenage boy named Odd George,who had curiosity. His fellow […]
Good Morning Brave New Future, Welcome to the All Digital World
Consider the world around you and what do you see? Everything is being digitally enabled from the car you drive to the watch you wear on your wrist. Is this all-digital future for the better or worse?
The Bee and Turtle Effect Allowed Elon Musk to Pioneer Space
Elon Musk is such a unique and talented entrepreneur for countless reasons. But I think that one of his most striking qualities is that he has an acute sense of maximizing his day’s output while exercising tremendous patience toward his stunningly-high goals. That is a concept I refer to as the Bee and Turtle Effect. His disdain […]
The Overview Effect: Through the Lens of NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy
I was fortunate to interview Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy for my upcoming book just days before he launches to the International Space Station to take Command of Expedition 63. In this discussion, Cassidy and I discuss the “overview effect” that many astronauts experience and how through its lens we can see the world […]
How Lowe’s Created the First Interconnected Shopping Experience
Lowe’s built a seamless shopping experience between 2005-2010 that almost became the Holy Grail of retail. Now, the Home Depot is spending billions to try and replicate what Lowe’s attempted a decade ago
Is Applied Intelligence the Future of Data?
Cloud-based supercomputing, self-driving cars, hyper-personalization of customer experiences, and autonomous drones are all evidence of the dramatic changes taking place all around us. We are in the midst of what many have dubbed the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” by the end of which we may be challenging our notions of what it means to be human. […]
Why Company Transformation Should Forget Past Success
I see one of the most significant problems that successful companies can have is recently achieving substantial levels of past success. Share prices may be at all-time highs. Users or subscriber growth may have broken records. Morale within the company may be soaring. It comes as no surprise that many organizations rely on what got […]
Passion Struck: Practice Transformational Leadership | John R. Miles
I find today’s business world is full of CEOs and entrepreneurs who claim to be changing the world. They create and prioritize lofty mission statements and tell their colleagues to “be bold” and “take risks.” While it may be comforting to the CEOs or founders themselves, this simple lip service doesn’t mean that these individuals […]