Mills Scofield

MAY 19, 2015

How many languages do you speak? Only 7% of American college kids study a language. Think this is a problem? It is a huge socio-economic-global-geopolitical-security one! Amelia Friedman didn't set out to start a business learning languages from her peers - like Bengali, Thai, Tamil. but she has. We need to communicate like never before - and language is how.

Learning-by-Doing 110

Learning-by-Doing Globalization Education Entrepreneur 110

Mills Scofield

MARCH 30, 2015

'Dan Rockwell , also known as Leadershipfreak , writes a daily blog that is simply astounding with wisdom and insight - you must sign up ! With his permission, I''m reposting a rather critical one that all leaders must read and address. When we don''t deal with conflict, we inflict great damage on our organization. Here''s how to address it. Thank you Dan, for letting me repost!

Stress 110

Stress Commitment Blog Organization 110

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 30, 2015

2.5 weeks til the magic of BIF2015. I am blessed with the gift of my network and can't wait to see my students and clients and friends and friends-to-be. Thank you Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij & Saul Kaplan for this honor from TIME magazine. "How many people end business meetings with an “I love you” and a hug? Venture capitalist and former AT&T Labs scientist Deb Mills-Scofield does.

Venture Capitalist 109

Venture Capitalist Kaplan Diversity Magazine 109

Mills Scofield

JUNE 15, 2015

Caitie Whelan recently gave up the prestigious job of a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor in Congress to move to Brooklyn, NJ and write. Ayup! (Yes, she hails from the great state of Maine). Why? She wanted to make a dent in the universe (something she's done before). Read on. Be inspired. Think, ponder. and go make a dent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Policies 109

Policies Storytelling Library Resistance 109

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 16, 2015

Another fabulous post by Caitie Whelan of Lightening Notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. I like knowing stuff. I like knowing the ropes, talking shop, having the answers. I like being right. I also like Ray Bradbury. Mr. Bradbury didn’t go to college. He never got an MFA in writing. Never lived in the literary metropolis of New York City. He went to Los Angeles High School.

Library 109

Library Learning-by-Doing Policies Review 109

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

'When we are looking for patterns, trying to understand or discover customer needs, trying to learn something in general, we tend to look for what’s there. We look for what we see, hear, touch, smell, taste – for what we observe. This can take time and focus. Sometimes we have to look at the negative space as well, the empty space around the ‘thing’ we are observing.

Innovation 109

Innovation Strategy Productivity Products 109

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2015

'The Colonel and Deb! General Leadership is hosting a post by Col. Matt Fritz and me on why STEAM is so important - in the military, work, non-profits, and education - starting with education so it permeates our thinking. I''m so honored to be writing with a very dear friend and courageous leader.

Education 108

Education Innovation Strategy Leadership 108

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma is a metaphor for the problems we have developing relationships. Look around our professional and personal lives; examples are everywhere. My friend and colleague, Ian Gonsher , uses design thinking to solve the dilemma with applications for humans of all ages. I bet you can think of ways to make it apply to you – at work and elsewhere.

Engineering 106

Engineering Workshop Magazine Creativity 106

Mills Scofield

JUNE 8, 2015

We hear all the talk about adversity and how it can shape us. Well, it's true. This is a guest post* from Nick DiNardo , author of The Game of Adversity , who shares from experience how we really can turn adversity into opportunities, if we want to. Nick is passionate about this and it's infectious.** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Wilde 104

Wilde Education Environment Consensus 104

Mills Scofield

MARCH 3, 2015

'Sunk Costs: money you spent that can’t be recovered… salvaged. This month, I’ve been working with a few companies struggling to walking away from sunk costs. Despite how ‘obviously’ inane it may be, many companies keep throwing good money after bad. They keep spending more money to try to salvage any use or benefit from what is sunk – down at the bottom of the sea.

Finance 104

Finance Cost Energy Innovation 104

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

'Where we stand, physically, intellectually, and emotionally, affects what we see and how we see it. Even when it appears we are standing in the same spot, we are in different spots. Why? Because when we look at anything, it is through the lens of what we’ve already seen, heard, felt, known. It’s hard to truly look at anything anew, as if we’ve never seen it before.

Diversity 104

Diversity Creativity Innovation Strategy 104

Mills Scofield

JUNE 1, 2015

It is through eclectic, diverse, and seemingly random relationships, interactions and friendships that we learn and then change the world. Andrew Kaplan eloquently sums this up in his post below he wrote right before graduation. So much of our learning is from each other and I have learned so much from him over the past 3 years. Thank you, Andrew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Kaplan 103

Kaplan Wilde Learning-by-Doing Class 103

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Honored, humbled and daunted to be named 1 of the top 100 Thought Leaders on Trust by Trust Across America. Thank you so much, Barbara Kimmel and team for your trust!

Team 105

Team Leadership 105

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Elizabeth Weber ''s recent visit to Lowe''s provided many insights she''s recorded in a great blog on Medium. It''s enlightening and eye opening for B2C or B2B2C businesses. Innovation doesn''t always have to be grand, expensive and complicated.sometimes, simple is really great. Think of your business - there are applications and l essons here for anyone.

B2C 96

B2C Retail Innovation Entrepreneur 96

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

'I had a fabulous time being interviewed by Nick DiNardo of Meet Education Project about my educational and professional path. Thank you, Nick!!

Uncertainty 102

Uncertainty Education Innovation Project 102

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'Fried Twitter Tales is a collection of stories on the WHY of twitter by some amazing people and I got to be included! Honored! The story that Vala Afshar and I love about twitter, the network and making amazing things happen (like CCChampions & the Celtics) is the first story. So please download this free e-book, read it, share it and build relationships with amazing people.

Download 85

Download Innovation Books Leadership 85

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 7, 2015

'Thank you Vala Afshar and Ryan Needing for including me in the Huffington Post article and the Collaboration & Mobility Assessment tool. Companies need to get on board if they want to keep their employees on board with mobility and collaboration. It was great to be a part of this!

Ryan 85

Ryan Management Innovation Tools 85

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 25, 2015

Thank you Lea Carey for this short video from last year's BIF! Yup - Just do it!!!! Lea should know - she's co-founder of Women who Innovate a nd a serial entrepreneur in healthcare. Quick - sign up for BIF2015 before every last seat is gone!!!

Innovation 81

Innovation Entrepreneur Video Disruptive Innovation 81

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 11, 2015

'Thank you Aaron Aders and Inc. including me in this article on collaboration. "."Successful collaboration isn''t just about providing the necessary tools and training for collaboration," she explains, "but also about building trust with employees." She suggests that collaboration develop in an organic way, rather than something being imposed on a team.

Tools 81

Tools Innovation Strategy Training 81

Mills Scofield

JULY 7, 2015

A different way to calculate ROI - on LinkedIn. Return on Investment and Impact are not mutually exclusive - they are mutually reinforcing.

ROI 85

ROI Strategy Innovation Leadership 85

Mills Scofield

MARCH 3, 2015

'Sunk Costs: money you spent that can’t be recovered… salvaged. This month, I’ve been working with a few companies struggling to walking away from sunk costs. Despite how ‘obviously’ inane it may be, many companies keep throwing good money after bad. They keep spending more money to try to salvage any use or benefit from what is sunk – down at the bottom of the sea.

Finance 76

Finance Cost Energy Innovation 76

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma is a metaphor for the problems we have developing relationships. Look around our professional and personal lives; examples are everywhere. My friend and colleague, Ian Gonsher , uses design thinking to solve the dilemma with applications for humans of all ages. I bet you can think of ways to make it apply to you – at work and elsewhere.

Engineering 70

Engineering Workshop Magazine Creativity 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 30, 2015

2.5 weeks til the magic of BIF2015. I am blessed with the gift of my network and can't wait to see my students and clients and friends and friends-to-be. Thank you Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij & Saul Kaplan for this honor from TIME magazine. "How many people end business meetings with an “I love you” and a hug? Venture capitalist and former AT&T Labs scientist Deb Mills-Scofield does.

Venture Capitalist 70

Venture Capitalist Kaplan Diversity Magazine 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 25, 2015

Thank you Lea Carey for this short video from last year's BIF! Yup - Just do it!!!! Lea should know - she's co-founder of Women who Innovate a nd a serial entrepreneur in healthcare. Quick - sign up for BIF2015 before every last seat is gone!!!

Innovation 70

Innovation Entrepreneur Video Leadership 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 16, 2015

Another fabulous post by Caitie Whelan of Lightening Notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. I like knowing stuff. I like knowing the ropes, talking shop, having the answers. I like being right. I also like Ray Bradbury. Mr. Bradbury didn’t go to college. He never got an MFA in writing. Never lived in the literary metropolis of New York City. He went to Los Angeles High School.

Library 70

Library Learning-by-Doing Policies Review 70

Mills Scofield

JULY 14, 2015

The Wizard of Oz © Turner Entertainment Co. We love lists. If we do these 3 things, everything will be alright: our customers will shower us with accolades, our employees will ooze engagement and innovation and we will be profitable beyond belief. It doesn't work that way. The path is not linear. It's not a set of prescribed turns to get to your destination.

Innovation 70

Innovation Management Strategy Leadership 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

Mike Cohea / Brown University. The freedom to ask questions and admit when you don't know is one we take for granted and our society tends to shun as a sign of weakness, yet it is how we learn, grow, create and have impact. Michelle Bailhe 's commencement address is one we need to read, re-read and live. Please read this and be grateful for her generation that will help make this world better.

Class 70

Class Education Construction McKinsey 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 15, 2015

Caitie Whelan recently gave up the prestigious job of a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor in Congress to move to Brooklyn, NJ and write. Ayup! (Yes, she hails from the great state of Maine). Why? She wanted to make a dent in the universe (something she's done before). Read on. Be inspired. Think, ponder. and go make a dent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Policies 70

Policies Storytelling Library Resistance 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 8, 2015

We hear all the talk about adversity and how it can shape us. Well, it's true. This is a guest post* from Nick DiNardo , author of The Game of Adversity , who shares from experience how we really can turn adversity into opportunities, if we want to. Nick is passionate about this and it's infectious.** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Wilde 70

Wilde Education Environment Consensus 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 1, 2015

It is through eclectic, diverse, and seemingly random relationships, interactions and friendships that we learn and then change the world. Andrew Kaplan eloquently sums this up in his post below he wrote right before graduation. So much of our learning is from each other and I have learned so much from him over the past 3 years. Thank you, Andrew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Kaplan 70

Kaplan Wilde Learning-by-Doing Class 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 19, 2015

How many languages do you speak? Only 7% of American college kids study a language. Think this is a problem? It is a huge socio-economic-global-geopolitical-security one! Amelia Friedman didn't set out to start a business learning languages from her peers - like Bengali, Thai, Tamil. but she has. We need to communicate like never before - and language is how.

Learning-by-Doing 70

Learning-by-Doing Globalization Education Entrepreneur 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. There are very practical reasons for a Liberal Arts degree, and Samanee Mahbub (Brown '18) thinks the reasons are crystal clear. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

CEO 70

CEO Microfinance Class Pharmaceuticals 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 30, 2015

Dan Rockwell , also known as Leadershipfreak , writes a daily blog that is simply astounding with wisdom and insight - you must sign up ! With his permission, I'm reposting a rather critical one that all leaders must read and address. When we don't deal with conflict, we inflict great damage on our organization. Here's how to address it. Thank you Dan, for letting me repost!

Stress 70

Stress Commitment Blog Organization 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

In Jon Mertz’s new book, Activate Leadership: Aspen Truths to Empower Millennial Leaders , Jon talks about Soul Sparks: “Soul sparks are those small ignitions of inspiration that fan into big changes, new directions, or fresh works. They come from deep down inside. Make your body and mind shake with excitement. These are soul sparks.” I am blessed to have had bosses who saw soul sparks in me and gave me opportunities to develop and spread them.

Mentor 70

Mentor Incubator Open-book Tools 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

Joseph Pistrui' s post from his blog really resonated with me and I thought it would with you! Jospeh is a friend, colleague and wise man. He diverse background and expertise gives him the credibilty to speak on our very dynamic world. So read on and please ponder. And thank you, Joseph, for letting me repost your words here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Tools 70

Tools Innovation Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

When we are looking for patterns, trying to understand or discover customer needs, trying to learn something in general, we tend to look for what’s there. We look for what we see, hear, touch, smell, taste – for what we observe. This can take time and focus. Sometimes we have to look at the negative space as well, the empty space around the ‘thing’ we are observing.

Productivity 70

Productivity Products Strategy Innovation 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 3, 2015

Sunk Costs: money you spent that can’t be recovered… salvaged. This month, I’ve been working with a few companies struggling to walking away from sunk costs. Despite how ‘obviously’ inane it may be, many companies keep throwing good money after bad. They keep spending more money to try to salvage any use or benefit from what is sunk – down at the bottom of the sea.

Finance 70

Finance Cost Energy Resources 70