Mills Scofield

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The Energy Efficiency of Trust & Vulnerability

Mills Scofield

Trust is a tool to assess and manage (reduce and/or increase) risk, depending on the situation. When we don’t trust, we exert a lot of energy to keep up our guard, to continually assess and verify. This uses a lot of energy and time. Being vulnerable is a way to preserve energy. CS : Knowing when to stop is key.

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Packaging up Innovation & Radical Management

Mills Scofield

In May, I was honored to be part of Steve Denning's workshop on his Radical Management principles for redefining 21st Century management. Recognition that we need to find a new way to ‘manage' work is gaining ground. These companies shun command-and-control!

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Let Them Fail

Mills Scofield

This guest post is by fellow mentor/advisor to the Social Innovation Fellowship (formerly C.V. This is a must read for innovators and entrepreneurs of any type. Fortunately, this young social innovator lives on to fight another day, stronger for the experience. The social innovation sector is filled with perverse incentives.

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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills Scofield

We can’t design with atoms and ignore gravity, conservation of energy and Newton’s laws of motion. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc. Boeing 737 Max in production. As far as we know, the physical laws of nature are true and fixed on earth.

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The Transformative Power of Positive Leadership

Mills Scofield

Shortly thereafter, the Department of Energy conducted a careful study of the site''s residual pollution and concluded that the clean-up and closure of the facility would require a comprehensive effort on a scale that had never been attempted in United States history. Never, never forget that people are always more important than things.

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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills Scofield

We can’t design with atoms and ignore gravity, conservation of energy and Newton’s laws of motion. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc. Boeing 737 Max in production. As far as we know, the physical laws of nature are true and fixed on earth.

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"It's so Cute You're Doing a Startup!"

Mills Scofield

Both she and Sadie Kurzban try to do a handful of things very well, forget the rest and manage the guilt (does that ring true!). We women, in general, tend to worry about not having enough – time, money, energy, etc. We had a wide range in views on this topic. Sarah Carson feels, “Striving for balance is striving for mediocrity.”