Mills Scofield

JUNE 10, 2013

'Again I''m privileged to host the insights of an 21yr-old - Emily Goldman (Brown ''14) gives us life-time learnings on discernment, judgement, critical thinking and getting the facts for yourself. She has been studying Arabic and the impact of local rap movements on the revolution in Alexandria, Egypt for the past year - just your average American Female Jew in Egypt!

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Media Politics Learning-by-Doing Class 177

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 21, 2013

I am blessed & honored to have Cali Yost guest blog. The New York Times calls her “one of the smartest, sophisticated thinkers” and Mashable lists her as 1 of the Top 14 Career Experts on Twitter. Personally, Cali has helped me achieve work+life fit! Not an easy task and an ongoing process. I urge you to read her post and buy her book.

Career 176

Career Open-book Follow-up Globalization 176

Mills Scofield

APRIL 2, 2013

Another fabulous post by my friend Jessica Esch. Her sketches are addicting, which is a very good thing. Her recent post was the number 1 hit on my site in March and her previous post was another top hit, of course. Thank you Jessica for letting me share your wisdom and talent!

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Course Strategy Innovation 176

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 17, 2013

With the 3rd anniversary of Haiti's Earthquake upon us, I asked Kona Shen , Founder and Director of GOALS Haiti , for her perspective. Kona has a long-standing passio n for Haiti and has lived there for the past 3 years. She's seen what has and hasn't worked with the aid that has flowed into the country. This is Kona's second post here and third mention.

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Long-term Goal Learning-by-Doing Review 174

Mills Scofield

MARCH 25, 2013

I've been following award winner, internationally acclaimed writer and speaker Tanveer Naseer for a while. His wisdom and insight, put into language we can all understand and act upon, is a gift. He generously let me post on his site earlier this month and I'm privileged to return the favor. You can find more of Tanveer's sagacity on leadership and the workplace here , follow him on twitter @TanveerNaseer , and keep up on what he's thinking here.

Development 172

Development Follow-up Creativity Short-term 172

Mills Scofield

APRIL 28, 2013

'Last week, my daughter Chana and I were attended the SEEED Conference on Social Entrepreneurship at Brown Chana Scofield (''22) & Gladys Ndagire (''14) ~ Sayles Hall, Brown University University. It was an amazing gathering of those doing, funding, supporting, working in and for social businesses. These are Chana''s thoughts on the first day of the conference.

Innovation 171

Innovation Conference Metrics Education 171

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2013

'With the rise of China, India and other Asian countries, what languages do we teach in school? Bengali? Punjabi? Nope. Think this is a bit of an issue for our economic and political future? Ayup! So does Amelia Friedman. That''s why, she founded and runs the Student Language Exchange. As she starts her senior year at Brown , her sense of urgency is increasing.as should ours!

Education 169

Education Globalization Politics Learning-by-Doing 169

Mills Scofield

JUNE 30, 2013

'Another powerful, to the point, ''sketchnote'' by my friend Jessica Esch. Yes, her work is wonderfully addicting an I encourage you to make it habit forming.if this doesn''t say it all!

Definition 169

Definition Leadership Innovation Power 169

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Jessica Esch (frequent poster here ) introduced me to Anita Verna Crofts a © Tony Asgari Photography couple of years ago at BIF. This is one amazing lady who is taking education to new heights - Flying Lessons. There is hope for higher-ed! Thank you Anita ! Come meet her at BIF-9 !! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. The University of Washington Announces Flying Lessons.

How To 167

How To Education Class Audience 167

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

'Tyler Gage and Dan MacCombie are the founders of one of my favorite startups ever, Runa. We drink the tea in our home all the time. Runa is a wonderful example of a B-Corp, doing well and doing good. Their business model is unique and there are so many lessons for our businesses and organizations from their story. Tyler shares their story about talent with us.

Talent Management 167

Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

Mills Scofield

MAY 17, 2013

'This guest post is by my friend, Chris Thompson , Director of Regional Engagement for the Fund for Our Economic Future in Cleveland, OH. Chris is one of the most passionate people I know about innovating in the civic space where government, non-profit and for-profit intersect. You can, and should, read his blog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Environment 166

Environment Innovation Porter Education 166

Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

'Aron Solomon introduced me to Victor Saad and that was all it took. Victor has hacked his MBA and learned more than he would have in school. Victor’s Leap Year Project “Masters Program” is the wave of the future. Get on board - start by reading the book (use the code FRIENDS for free shipping), listening to Victor’s TEDxWindyCity talk and checking out his new “school”, The Experience Institute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Education 166

Education Innovation Project Mentor 166

Mills Scofield

MAY 20, 2013

'MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) are a very hot topic in higher education and corporate training. Nabeel Gillani started Coursolve.org to connect organizations using MOOCs with students around the world to solve real world problems. UVa’s Darden School of Business and University of Washington are finding unexpected value and learning by using Coursolve.

Education 164

Education Innovation Course Learning-by-Doing 164

Mills Scofield

MARCH 28, 2013

We are in an age of immense disruption: industries, societal codes, politics, demographics, you name it. If we are going to handle this continually changing the world, we have to adapt ourselves. All we can really control is how we react, and more importantly, pro-act to our world. While we should hold our principles and values dear, we need to reinvent the how, where, and why we live those out.

How To 163

How To Mentor Tactics Advice 163

Mills Scofield

JUNE 16, 2013

'This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching. In a world filled with Pay-Day lenders that ruin lives, CGF is starting to making a difference by innovating the basic business model.

Innovation 161

Innovation Microfinance Business Model Self-aware 161

Mills Scofield

APRIL 20, 2013

'Marcelia Muehlke one of the great young entrepreneurs I get to hang out with. She''s just your ''average'' 20- something creating an international supply chain in the fashion industry, and succeeding. In the spirit of ''and/both'' instead of ''either/or'', Marcie doesn''t accept the 20th C cut throat culture of the Garment District. This is a wonderful story, with lessons for all of us!

Supply Chain 159

Supply Chain Fashion Proposal Learning Curve 159

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

'After every BIF , we always wonder if it can get any better and each year is as unique and powerful as the one before. This is a testimony to the human spirit. The media tells us everything that''s wrong in the world but it''s Random Collisions of Unusual Suspects ( #RCUS ) that show us otherwise. This year, I had the honor of being a story-teller and can attest to the optimism and realistic hope.

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Kaplan Storytelling Media Innovation 155

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2013

Do you find leadership daunting? Even scary? I do. Frankly, I think we should. Leading others carries a huge responsibility. It is not for the faint of heart, for those afraid of being wrong, for those who want comfort and stability, or for those who need external affirmation. I’ve been doing more mentoring lately of C-suiters, those in line for the C-suite and entrepreneurs (serial, new, aspiring).

Open-book 156

Open-book Mentor Entrepreneur Advice 156

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 7, 2013

'If you can''t find what you''re looking for, just create it! Don''t let the world pigeon-hole you into linear paths.make your own. That''s what Hanna McPhee did. She is an extraordinary kid and typical of the ones I get to hang out with. Hanna ( Brown ''14) created an independent concentration, Biologically Inspired Design and is working on her thesis.

Process 150

Process Engineering Constraint Education 150

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Words of wisdom from alumnae of the 1970''s-90''s to 2000''s-''13, based on our successes, failures, experiences, yearnings and hopes. I''m indebted to Barbara Laskey Weinreich for regularly hosting this gathering of women and to Karen Berlin Ishii for compiling this wisdom. Please pass it along - and add to it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Show, don''t tell.

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Motivation Career 149

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 10, 2013

'I’d like to think I’m good at challenging the status quo. To get regular reality checks, I spend time with college kids creating for-profit and not-for-profit businesses aimed at solving wicked problems. They truly challenge the status quo and it is, fortunately, invigoratingly contagious. Sometimes (most of the time?), the status quo is so deeply engrained we don’t realize it – so deeply inherent in our worldview that when confronted with it, we view questioning it as h

Human Capital 141

Human Capital Constraint Media Banking 141

Mills Scofield

MARCH 19, 2013

I feel very honored to have one of my heroes guest blog today. Julie Anixter has reinvented herself several times and has the rare gift of strong right and left brain thinking. To say I admire her is an understatement. Her recent gig has been taking what is commonly regarded as The go to site for the practice of innovation, Innovation Excellence , to the next level.

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Innovation Govindarajan Human Capital Health Care 138

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 15, 2013

'I''m honored to have Jon Mertz (known to many of us @ThinDifference ) guest post. Jon is VP of marketing in the healthcare software industry. He has an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and has worked for companies like Deloitte, IBM, and BMC Software. Outside of his professional life, Jon brings together a terrific community to inspire Millennial leaders (you should join) and close the gap between two generations of leaders.

Creativity 132

Creativity Innovation Self-aware Software 132

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Listen to John Hagel, Saul Kaplan & Mike Waite Discuss on Trust Across America Radio. February 13, 2013. Does being vulnerable and trustworthy sound a bit paradoxical? Join Deb Mills-Scofield and her incredible guests, John Hagel , Co-Chair, Center for the Edge at Deloitte, Saul Kaplan , Founder & Chief Catalyst at Business Innovation Factory and Mike Wait e, President of Menasha Packaging , as we discuss how showing your vulnerability generates trust, empowers your people to be free to

Tacit Knowledge 131

Tacit Knowledge Kaplan Innovation 131

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'I met Nick Mayer when ordering a gorgeous Blue Lobster print of his. I have this thing about Blue Lobsters, seeing them in Maine and as a metaphor for innovation in that this rare phenotype results from serendipity and random collisions of genes. Nick''s art is an amazing and beautiful integration of art and biology in watercolor. Here is Nick''s powerful story of how Science is Art and Art is Science. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Rivkin Film Project Innovation 130

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Last month, we learned about Geneca's journey into creating a culture of innovation within the company. Now we can learn about their journey into sharing their talents and treasures with their community. Just goes to show what great leadership can do! Projects-With-Purpose: Bringing a Community Volunteer Program to Lif e Chatham and Geneca teams at work.

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Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

This is a guest post by Tim Kippley , Geneca Vice President, Account Strategy and Growth. In this post, Tim Kippley Tim shares one of the experiments Geneca is running to give its people opportunities to explore new ideas. So far, so good. It is a journey and I hope we can follow Geneca's path of experimenting-learning-applying-iterating and learn for ourselves.

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Innovation Incubator Brand Document 130

Mills Scofield

JUNE 24, 2013

'In light of the recent unrest in Turkey, Brasil and the ongoing effects of the Arab Spring, I thought this was worth reposting. If you haven’t seen the [new] Les Misérables movie you should. It powerfully portrays many of today’s issues: poverty, inequality and inequity, the struggle of self-organized groups versus command-and-control and liberty to name a few.

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Innovation Engineering Policies Follow-up 129

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Have you just started grinning when reading something? This post by Tomas Quinonez-Riegos will do just that! While being the international program director for iTeach , using video to teach English to kids all over the world (e.g., Cambodia, Panama, etc.) and spending his first semester junior year in Japan, Tomas has started yet another new venture, which he shares with us here.

Conference 126

Conference Pharmaceuticals Education Brainstorming 126

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'Wow! I can''t believe I''m on the same list as John Hagel and so many other famous, wise people!! Thank you, Vala Afshar , for this honor of being on your Huffington Post list of 100 Must Follows. but moreso thank you for your friendship!

Christensen 125

Christensen Innovation Leadership 125

Mills Scofield

JULY 16, 2013

'I was honored and flattered when Ted Coine asked me to do an episode of Switch & Shift TV - and we had a blast, which is par for the course with Ted and the gang!

Career 129

Career Innovation Strategy Course 129

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

'Thanksgiving - time to spend with family, eat, watch and play football, the Macy''s Day Parade, traditions - old and new. New studies scientifically show how an ''attitude of gratitude'' actually makes us healthier and happier ~ focusing on how being grateful is better for ''me'' instead of for ''you''. This season, forget that stuff. Start being grateful because it''s the right thing to do - for others, not for ourselves.

Leadership 122

Leadership 122

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

'Love being part of the Creative Scholars Project , albeit remotely too much of the time. It''s very cool to be blogging among a very auspicious group! We need to bring Art & Design back into the equation to solve today''s problems.

Creativity 119

Creativity Education Innovation Project 119

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Here are January's Top 5 posts. 2 of them are by incredible young leaders - Kona Shen & Allen Kramer! Bravo! I'm so honored to be able to get their message out so they can make a difference. Intrapreneurship in "Social" Business by Allen Kramer, Brown '13. Innovation High Five by Tim Kippley, VP at Geneca. Create Career Sustainability One "Tweak" At a Time , Cali Yost.

Career 119

Career Innovation 119

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

'I''m excited to do a workshop on Business Model innovation before the Lean Startup Conference simulcast at Leandog in Cleveland on December 10th! Come join us on the boat !!!!

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Workshop Conference Business Model Innovation 114

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

'The Fall is upon us - routines, school, ''hectivity'' of life returns.so enjoy some remnants of summer by some Endangered Puffin off Eastern Egg Rock, Maine fabulous people! These were the top posts of August (mine was this.just kidding.kind of). Changing One Thing Changes Everything by Jessica Esch ~ As usual, whenever I post anything by my epiphanator and dear friend, it tops the charts!

Advice 114

Advice Education Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 114

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 22, 2013

'Very humbled and honored to contribute to the new book Trust Inc. , edited by Barbara Brooks Kimmel. This book is a collection of essays by internationally known thought leaders on leadership and trust.and then me! I share the story of one of my incredible clients, Menasha Packaging , who epitomizes integrity, character and trust in all they do. Please order it - read it, share it, but most importantly, live it!!!

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Innovation Books Leadership 112