Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Consider this scenario: Your team comes up with an innovative solution to solve a complex problem in a new way. But what about quick failures? If your new idea or solution is doomed from the start, the quickest way to get to success is to fail fast. Because it’s new, it requires significant time to analyze and design.

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Productivity Products eBook Project 174

Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 6, 2018

As innovation in technology continues to change how tasks are completed, there is a very realistic chance that what required human activity yesterday can be automated today. Peter Drucker famously said, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Automation.

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Delegation Drucker eBook Stress 120

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If you’re the expert, push yourself not just to learn new things, but also to study the latest innovations in your areas of expertise. Continuous learning is more difficult than new learning, but the need has never been higher. Push yourself to see if a new approach can net better results.

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eBook Learning-by-Doing Resistance Operations 164

Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Not all ideas require someone who has been there before (otherwise, the only innovation we’d experience would be accidental), but for an idea to “tip,” it requires a person with knowledge to match the challenge in order to pull it off.

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Tips eBook Resistance Quality 148

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Another is a semi-recent start-up with an innovative concept. I had a chance to work with a couple new vendors recently. The contrasts couldn’t be more stark. One is a time-tested and respected brand and product. But the differences didn’t end there. The other became a second job to actively manage.

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Sample Simon Audience Bottom-up 120

Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

At a time when creativity and innovation are at a premium, good ideas are actually more threatening than ever. Are good ideas ruining the effectiveness of your team or organization? Yes, you read that correctly. Are good ideas keeping you from winning? As organizational leaders, we tend to worship good ideas.

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