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The Mindset Every Leader Needs to Infuse into Their Company Right Now

Lead Change Blog

Successful leaders are not “just lucky”, even when their career may have some seemingly coincidental moments. A serendipity mindset is an incubator for ideas, opportunities, and success. In reality, successful leaders have laid the foundation to spot and act on opportunities and turn them into “smart” luck.

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Entrepreneurship Skills Can Last A Lifetime

The Horizons Tracker

After all, to cope with the demands of startup life, entrepreneurs often have to be open-minded, confident, creative, determined, and disciplined, all of which are qualities that are valuable in whatever form of life we find ourselves.

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Why You Should Bring a Startup Founder Mindset To Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

When I moved here to Portland in 2010 I wasn’t really looking for those folks – I had just gotten out of a long-time corporate career, mostly in the Cable TV business, and was looking to settle into a nice business/leadership consulting practice whilst I kept writing my blog and my book. Ken Tomita of Grovemade ).

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Why Older Entrepreneurs Have an Edge

Harvard Business Review

At a time when he was really down on his luck, he considered jobs he never imagined earlier in his career, like becoming a night watchman. Charlton and Reid decided to launch TechTown, a nonprofit business incubator, which went on to spark a small renaissance in entrepreneurship in midtown Detroit.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

The bar was set high: The district would need to create jobs, engage the surrounding community, inspire connection between the existing neighborhood and the broader city, preserve historical identity, and incubate entrepreneurship — all while making economic sense as a development. Accessibility is another key.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Why not make an opposite set of assumptions, that our most human characteristics — imagination, creativity — will appear in new guises to save ourselves, our jobs, and even democracy? Already the idea of encore careers is taking hold. They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments.

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4 Things Solitude Will Do for You

Leading Blog

Creativity. Solitude opens the path to creativity. Joey Reiman, CEO of the consulting firm BrightHouse, credits their success to their “longer, incubation pace.” Creativity is doing something differently than the norm. It helps to connect you with your core values and understand your place from that perspective.