Mills Scofield

AUGUST 15, 2014

Since 2008, RISD and Brown students have united innovators around the globe, across many disciplines in a common goal, "Building a Better World". Indeed, we can design a better world ! This year, I''m honored to do a workshop on applying Aristotle''s classic virtues (e.g, love, courage, prudence) to the design process and innovation.

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Workshop Education Innovation Goal 122

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It’s not unusual to hear that they have set “ambitious,” “aggressive,” or even “audacious” goals for their companies. So, they set goals. This is why I urge leaders to aspire whenever they set goals. All business leaders say that they want their businesses to be competitive.

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Industry Definition Discount Public Relations 181

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2017

There's tons of questions we can ask ourselves to assess our lives, careers, goals, etc. The goal is to minimize these - maybe you can even eliminate doing some of them, but we all have to do things we don't like so at least do less of them. “ So here are the 3 questions I ask to start a Life by Design. “

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Guidelines Learning-by-Doing Planning Goal 70

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

The three of you had a common goal – a great performance. The more information and/or experience we have, the fewer buffers we need around our decisions and the more we can focus on the scope and achievement of our goals. When we have a common goal of WHY we want to do something, we are better able to trust.

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Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 8, 2014

New resolutions, habits, goals, priorities. Seriously ! Thank you Switch & Shift for hosting my (anti)-New Year''s post! "Ah, Ah, New Years hype! We make it so grand and complicated that we set ourselves up for failure. Seriously, what’s the difference between December 31st and January 1st?

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Constraint Innovation Strategy Goal 93

Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

Our goal was to create a case that would protect a smartphone from the everyday bumps and dings and allows consumers to express their style through our designs. One of our main goals was to offer consumers an array of designs from which they could pick at least one favorite.

Fashion 194

Fashion Education Library Quality 194

Mills Scofield

JUNE 20, 2022

You set your course, make the difficult choices, determine what you’re willing to sacrifice to achieve your goals, and act accordingly. What does it mean to be a trusted friend, to raise good kids, to be a thoughtful neighbor or an exemplary role model? Your life will be determined by the choices that you make. Own your life!

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Blog Learning-by-Doing Delegation Books 91

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

When done respectfully - when the goal is listening and partnering - service learning has the power to build empathic relationships and empower both sides. At the start, Ashoka’s goal was to accelerate our fellows’ impact to the largest possible scale. It doesn’t have to be this way. How to lead the way.

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Storytelling Education Project Learning-by-Doing 70

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Yes, evaluation is important and progress is our goal, but failure is an important part of the process, and too often swept under the rug. We have to innovate, test, fail, and try again, in order to ensure a true impact on such a societal problem.

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NGO Short-term Delegation Finance 175

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

A personal goal is to give as many students as possible the opportunity catch, and learn from, the entrepreneurship bug. Brown is a place of opportunity for the initiated, and after listening to you, I am very energized to spread the spark. Warm regards,". Alex: "Thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us.

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Mentor EPS Magazine Class 158

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He gave me the freedom to design my own role and the autonomy to accomplish my goals, only “interfering” to remove obstacles and create more visibility. He went out on a limb to make me the first person promoted to Member of Technical Staff (MTS) without a Ph.D. and under the age of 25.

Management 121

Management How To Mentor Politics 121

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He gave me the freedom to design my own role and the autonomy to accomplish my goals, only “interfering” to remove obstacles and create more visibility. He went out on a limb to make me the first person promoted to Member of Technical Staff (MTS) without a Ph.D. and under the age of 25.

Management 91

Management How To Mentor Politics 91

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

It would … Provide a meaningful benefit for our community; Highlight our core expertise (software development) -- a highly coveted skill needed by all organizations to support their business goals; Give Genecians a unique opportunity to put their professional skills to work for the community; Bring Genecians together for work outside the office (..)

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Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Mills Scofield

JULY 8, 2013

Our goal is to raise enough money so we can begin investing $10,000-$15,000 into student companies. TheFounderProject is making entrepreneurship not only cool, but attainable and a viable option as a path forward. Our growth has been organic. How does it work?

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Entrepreneur Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Project 192

Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

Our goal was to create a case that would protect a smartphone from the everyday bumps and dings and allows consumers to express their style through our designs. One of our main goals was to offer consumers an array of designs from which they could pick at least one favorite.

Fashion 87

Fashion Education Library Quality 87

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 7, 2013

However, we both know the objectives of my thesis, and both want to work towards that goal (and diploma). With a background in biology and design, my definition of details often do not align with an engineer’s. So why are we having such a difficult time communicating?

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Process Engineering Constraint Education 150

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

It’s human nature, to strive for the end product; parents wish success for their children, CEOs desire profit for their company but these end goals cannot overshadow the path to achieve them. The organization puts more resources into rewarding success than it does into teaching the process.

Entrepreneur 170

Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Library Mentor 170

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

In these rare moments in the world of enterprise, getting to your destination as fast and efficiently as possible must be your paramount goal. Keep going. Don’t stop. The business world has countless tools for planning and eking out process improvements for such journeys, and you probably already know how to use them well.

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Tools Innovation Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 17, 2013

The Strive Partnership in Greater Cincinnati uses data to influence both programmatic and community-wide progress on specific education goals. Quantitative and qualitative data should be woven together into a narrative that influences the resource allocations and actions of the actors within the complex environment.

Environment 166

Environment Innovation Porter Education 166

Mills Scofield

MARCH 19, 2013

She's donating all the profits from her cover stories and television trials to the Girl Scouts because she wants to help them make their goal of 1 Billion dollars pouring into scholarships to help girls lead and shift the leadership balance. And what about that Kim Kardashian! What did Arianna Huffington say?

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Innovation Govindarajan Human Capital Health Care 138

Mills Scofield

MARCH 25, 2013

That as much as we're helping our organization to attain its shared goals, we're also performing work that helps us to achieve a sense of purpose – that what we contribute matters and is meaningful beyond our sphere of influence.

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Development Follow-up Creativity Short-term 172

Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots. Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. ~ Leo Tolstoy.

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Mentor Incubator Open-book Tools 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

In these rare moments in the world of enterprise, getting to your destination as fast and efficiently as possible must be your paramount goal. Keep going. Don’t stop. The business world has countless tools for planning and eking out process improvements for such journeys, and you probably already know how to use them well.

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Innovation Tools Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

The workplace is evolving, in fits and starts as it fights the status quo , to make this goal more achievable than in the past. I want them to know that they can impact the world in many ways – from career to marriage to parenthood to friendships etc.; that their solution is an AND, not Either/Or. It’s impossible not to.

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Mentor Agility Innovation Travel 142

Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots. Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. ~ Leo Tolstoy.

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Mentor Incubator Open-book Innovation 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

The question led to several incredible conversations around creative projects, personal goals, family events, and community endeavors. All of that changed, however, when I ended the interviews with one final question: " If you were me, what risk would you take on something in your life, your community, or your world? ".

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Education Innovation Project Mentor 166

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This time, with frustrations aired and slates clear, we could focus on an end goal much smaller in scope. With a few members of our original group and one new collaborator who had left another project team to join ours, a fresh assembly of people set out on yet another project that next afternoon.

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Class Project Long-term Engineering 178

Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

Although we certainly need systems, processes, technology, and a host of other tools and platforms to accomplish our goals and objectives, none of these are a suitable substitute for the power of people working toward a common, compelling cause.

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Positioning Power Leadership Energy 170

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

” are like fuel to those who receive them—renewing the spirit to soldier-on and reminding them that completing the mission successfully is a goal worth fighting for. ” and “Come home safe and soon!”

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Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Mills Scofield

MAY 17, 2021

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Hesche l (one of my all time sages) winsomely said, ““ Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement.get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.” There is one habit I’m trying to keep and I invite you to make it part of your ‘new norm’ too. What the heck is that, you ask.

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Goal Information Innovation Leadership 91

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

On Sunday, January 6, delegates from Common Sense Action (@CSAction) chapters across the nation gathered at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington to finalize the Agenda for Generational Equity, CSA’s foundational policy agenda. The setting? A single conference room. Don’t leave until it’s finished.

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Kaplan Policies Politics Chief Executive Officer 194