Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

BIF9 Culture Innochat Innovation Leadership Networking' Today, InnovationExcellence posted my BIF9 story and fellow BIF9 storyteller, Carl Størmer and I were guests on Innochat !

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Every once in a while, you are privileged to witness the embodiment of what has become a buzzword, Servant Leadership - someone who is innately wired as a servant leader – authentic, genuine and sincere. To understand the power of this book, I need to tell you a story…of how I met them.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 19, 2023

I get to host an excerpt from Frank Sonnenberg’s new book, Leadership By Example.* Real power isn’t the result of controlling people; it’s created by empowering folks and forging commitment. This post is excerpted from Leadership by Example : Be a role model who inspires greatness in others by Frank Sonnenberg © 2023 Frank Sonnenberg.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 20, 2022

While you may think wealth, power, and fame will make you happy, you may be looking in the wrong place. As Glinda, the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz , said, “You’ve always had the power, my dear. In fact, all the riches in the world won’t guarantee a happy and fulfilling life. You just had to learn it for yourself.”

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Nonsense isn’t frivolity ~ it’s the power of wonder, imagination and creativity we had as children and somehow lost along the way. Nonsense, the essence of STAN, puts the whimsical, visionary, inventive and innovative on equal footing with Science, Technology and Art (and engineering and math).

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Engineering Technology Innovation Creativity 91

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

After every BIF , we always wonder if it can get any better and each year is as unique and powerful as the one before. The more #RCUS, the more we meet people with whom we create powerful positive solutions to our world''s wicked problems. This is a testimony to the human spirit. Here are a few BIF9 Storytellers who inspired me.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

I am continually overwhelmed with the blessings in my life and this remains one of the most powerful in my entire career - thanks to Vala Afshar & Sidney Kushner. Ask BIF10 Culture Gratitude Leadership Networking Sidney Kushner Thanks Thanksgiving Vala Afshar Virtues-Values'

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Career Power Leadership 128

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Hope is a powerful force in life. Angela Blanchard BIF BIF10 Culture Education Hope Innovation Inspiration Leadership Liza Donnelly Matt Fritz Networking Strategy Vala Afshar Virtues-Values business model' It is based in what is both possible and probable , not in hallucination.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Very special thanks to Hanna McPhee for designing a gorgeous presentation and Sidney Kushner (Founder, CCChampions ) and Faisal Khurshid ( MED International ) for powerful stories about the impact of the virtues on explicit aspects of.

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Making, physically making, with atoms, not bits (or at least not just bits), is powerful! Numerous studies have shown the power of physically making for muscle memory, learning new cognitive skills, and much more.

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

” It’s a simple maxim, yet powerful in its consequence. It recognizes a deep power in unspoken things. When done respectfully - when the goal is listening and partnering - service learning has the power to build empathic relationships and empower both sides. It doesn’t have to be this way. becomes central.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 8, 2012

But moreso, Kona is not your average 24yr old - her poise, wisdom, leadership, business acumen and management skills are on par As a C.V. GOALS Haiti uniquely emphasizes developing local capacity and youth leadership so its efforts are sustainable. Not your average thesis.

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 10, 2013

My weekly article ‘catch-up’ included several on corporate culture and leadership that were all just common sense and the Golden Rule. So, Why do we have to elevate basic decency in how we treat one another to great rules for leadership? Where was I when these fundamentals of human kindness became leadership virtues?

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Human Capital Constraint Media Banking 141

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Making, physically making, with atoms, not bits (or at least not just bits), is powerful! Numerous studies have shown the power of physically making for muscle memory, learning new cognitive skills, and much more.

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Workshop Learning-by-Doing Education System 91

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

His wisdom is powerful and practical! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Additionally, FrankSonnenbergOnline was named among the “Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs.” Culture Follow Your Conscience Frank Sonnenberg Innovation Integrity Leadership Learning Strategy' So honored to host Frank Sonnenberg on my site!!!

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2014

If you ever wondered about the power of innovation to radically change lives, wonder no more. Braingate Culture Disruption Innovation Leadership NeuroRobotics Neurology Neuroscience' Anish Sarma , a volunteer at SpeakYourMind Foundation (SYMF) and research engineer at Braingate , tells us. SpeakYourMind has me convinced.

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Health Care Engineering 132

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Vivek and Farai have curated a collection of personal, powerful, inspiring, encouraging, disruptive, and challenging stories of women who grabbed the status quo by the horns. Brown University Culture Education Engineering Farai Chideya Innovating Women Innovation Leadership STEAM STEM Tech Vivek Wadhwa Whitney Johnson Women in Tech'

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Mills Scofield

MAY 27, 2014

His voice is powerful. Culture Goals Leadership Purpose Significance Strategy' This guest post is by my dear friend, Brian Sooy , who helped me raise my voice when I started on my own. Why It’s Worth Planning and Pushing to Reach your Goals. At age 52, I ran my first half marathon.

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Goal Entrepreneur Training Strategy 161

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

Yet, if you lack the mindset to power up and power past unpredictable obstacles, you might as well be on skateboard with only one set of wheels. Which is why, as I work with companies large and small, I find that what’s most needed is a new leadership mindset, skillset and toolset. Porsche image from [link].

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The most successful people harness the powers of the various aspects of their lives, bringing them together in the pursuit of what I call “four-way wins”--actions that result over the long haul in things like being better at work, at home, in the community, and for yourself. HE ENCOURAGES INNOVATION IN HIMSELF AND OTHERS.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

What she has done for youth and their families in Haiti demonstrates courage, compassion, purpose and leadership savvy few CEO’s of any age possess. GOALS uses soccer to engage youth in public service and education that improve quality of life and develop new leadership. I actually studied French instead of putting it off.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Other factors, like meaningful work, a wide degree of autonomy, and strategic recognition (both internal and external) seem to be more powerful drivers. Culture Education Innovation Leadership Mali Mali Health Management Maternal Health Millennials Social Entrepreneurship Strategy Talent Management Wall St career'

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

Yet, if you lack the mindset to power up and power past unpredictable obstacles, you might as well be on skateboard with only one set of wheels. Which is why, as I work with companies large and small, I find that what’s most needed is a new leadership mindset, skillset and toolset.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I'm honored, proud and very humbled to be part of this powerful group of 40 Women over 40 , organized for the 5th year in a row by Christina Vuleta and Whitney Johnson. 40 Women over 40 ~ 2017. Wow - just wow! Check out this amazing group of women doing amazing things!

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Education Learning-by-Doing Career Power 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 3, 2014

In fact, we agreed that for-profit social businesses are a powerful way to increase impact. Alex Osterwalder Business Model Innovation Culture For-Profit Innovation Leadership Mali Health Menasha Packaging Social Entrepreneurship Strategy' billion people who don’t have it today.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

I can''t put into words my respect, admiration and thankfulness for Matt, his leadership, elegance, eloquence, professionalism and humility. Afghanistan Air Force Culture Innovation Kabul Leadership Military Networking Service Strategy Switch and Shift USAF Virtues'

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 24, 2013

Communication Culture Innovation Leadership Status Quo Tanveer Naseer' In light of the recent unrest in Turkey, Brasil and the ongoing effects of the Arab Spring, I thought this was worth reposting. If you haven’t seen the [new] Les Misérables movie you should. Make sure your organization''s culture doesn''t either.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

Educating girls is to most effective and powerful approach to fight global poverty. Brown University Culture Innovation Leadership Mrked Room to Read Social Entrepreneurship Social Innovation iPhone Cases' Fifteen percent of Mrked’s revenue helps support the works of Room to Read’s Girl Education Program.

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I pray it will be someone who has made a significant and powerful impact on and for others…by not staying silent. What will you refuse to tiptoe around and finally address – with wisdom, firmness, and compassion? When you look in the mirror, who will you see? Tiptoe no more! Let 2013 be a year of making a difference!

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 12, 2013

” By reframing the definition of risk, Doug shows the power of smart risk taking. If we can get this to change, imagine the positive power that can be unleashed. We rarely look at the risk of NOT doing, of NOT innovating, of NOT trying. Which gets to another key point in Doug’s book – the paralysis of security.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

By using weekly art projects as the “language” of this dialogue, students have a “conversation” with their partners abroad and in so doing are not only exposed to the lived reality of other cultures and peoples, but also develop an understanding of art as a valid and powerful tool of self-expression.

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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. What did Arianna Huffington say? If it had been Lehman Brothers AND Sisters it might still be here.

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Innovation Govindarajan Human Capital Health Care 138

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 21, 2013

But now, as Sharon explained when I met with her recently, “The leadership team is literally falling apart and we are only in our mid 40’s.” It helps you harness the power small, deliberate actions, or “tweaks,” that makes a big difference. That’s your fit. What’s missing?

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Career Open-book Follow-up Globalization 176

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

A powerful way to do this, called mobile recruitment uses text messaging (SMS: Short Message Service) to allow workers to find jobs. This power has gotten intrapreneurship featured recently in publications like Forbes. Allen Kramer , Brown '13, is going to change the world - so listen, learn, apply, iterate. __.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 13, 2017

Wouldn't that make Life by Design more powerful, meaningful and fun? What if we aren't permanently closing and opening doors? What if we are sequencing the doors we open, close and re-open over our lifetime? Wouldn't that dramatically change our outlook?

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Construction Learning-by-Doing Creativity Career 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

I was in awe of the power of the Brown community operating not just beyond these gates, but half-way around the world. Researchers have demonstrated the power of unconscious bias. ” Throughout our time at Brown, we’ve thrown ourselves into transformative conversations that have been both uncomfortable and powerful.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

I was in awe of the power of the Brown community operating not just beyond these gates, but half-way around the world. Researchers have demonstrated the power of unconscious bias. ” Throughout our time at Brown, we’ve thrown ourselves into transformative conversations that have been both uncomfortable and powerful.

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