Mills Scofield

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What's Your Company's Family Tree?

Mills Scofield

Read it and see if you can create your own company's family tree! Getting to Know your Company “family” by Lisa Lehman. In an effort to bring us together, we wanted to uncover the common and uncommon traits we all have and use it to gain a stronger and more loyal bond between the employee and the company.

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I need more STAN in My Life - Do You?

Mills Scofield

Our organizations and companies are suffering from a lack of Nonsense. Nonsense, the essence of STAN, puts the whimsical, visionary, inventive and innovative on equal footing with Science, Technology and Art (and engineering and math). They are starving to imagine what is possible. Hey, Blue Lobsters may be 1 in 2 million, but they exist!

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Unintended, Unanticipated ~ Does It Matter?

Mills Scofield

Given my role with companies, I think it does - a lot. Happy 2023! Now, don’t ask me why, but I’ve been thinking about the difference between unintended and unanticipated consequences. Is there one? Does it matter?

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Planting SEEEDs of Innovation

Mills Scofield

Dan MacCombie, co-founder of Runa , in particular, cut down to the basic fundamentals of social entrepreneurship by stating the devotion his company had for their cause. On one hand, an investor doesn''t want to invest in a company whose cause they don''t believe in.

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The Time is Now to Become an Entrepreneur

Mills Scofield

My quest to change student entrepreneurship on a global scale seeks to solve these challenges: how to engage students and the younger generation in entrepreneurship, and how to get them to build companies. Unfortunately, less people are starting companies and most early startup dreams die at the vine. How does it work?

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Every Business Is (Or Should Be) a Social Business

Mills Scofield

To answer it, I evaluated a few years worth of business models created and implemented by clients (usually established, mature businesses), invested companies (early stage), entrepreneurs I’ve mentored, and college students starting new ventures. All companies have people as customers, employees, and suppliers. The results?

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It Isn't Home Runs! More At Bats = More RBIs

Mills Scofield

Guess what, companies love those big sexy stats too - especially for innovation. The media, fans, and managers will be focused on key stats like on-base and slugging percentages, defensive runs saved, walks/hits per inning pitched and ERA … and of course Grand Slams and Home-Runs! I like RBIs - Runs Batted In.