Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

As we're at a service stop along I-90 in NY on the way to Maine, my 10yr old daughter, walking on the dark tiles instead of the white tiles on the floor says, "Isn't it amazing how humans can turn everything into a game?" Wow! As we look at education, healthcare, healthy eating, etc. it's all turning into games to motivate the right behavior.

Education 126

Education Motivation Innovation 126

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Sitting behind me at BIF-6 was this nice, unassuming guy. We struck up a conversation. As a result, a wonderful friendship has developed (which is easy to do at BIF). This guy was Michael Lee Stallard. As Michael and I started conversing, the importance of connections to help reframe, reform our world was/is a constant theme. Three years ago, Michael wrote a very important book underscoring this very point, Fired Up or Burned Out.

Books 121

Books Development Kaplan Power 121

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Well, we've just been through quite an election - out with the ‘old', in with the new - well, somewhat, there were several incumbents re-elected. This isn't a mandate for or against either party; it was a mandate for an economic revolution to get rid of big government and make one that works for the people. Is the government capable of re-inventing itself?

Innovation 121

Innovation Company Groupthink 121

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

We've talked about the hypothesis of ROF in Part I and what we can learn from failure in Part II. Now we'll turn to some of the reasons it's so hard to learn from failure. Well, learning isn't easy for many of us period. Is it due to management? To complexity of/in the organizations? It's due to a lot of things, and I'm certainly going to [.].

Organization 112

Organization Management Innovation 112