Mills Scofield

JANUARY 8, 2013

Latest Harvard Business Review Post - So incredibly humbled, honored, privileged to know Sidney!

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Power Review 93

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

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 174

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Nature’s power to cultivate gratitude abounds. Every second is unique: the daily and seasonal patterns of tides, birds, currents, weather, winds, plush greens to silhouetted trees, glistening snow, thick clouds, sun and moon-rises and daily sunsets that are beyond human words. My hope for you and yours, now and throughout 2023, is gratitude.

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Power Succession 70

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. Our hope for the future is based in # RCUS.

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Kaplan Storytelling Media Innovation 155

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.

Workshop 91

Workshop Learning-by-Doing Education System 91

Mills Scofield

JUNE 30, 2013

Another powerful, to the point, ''sketchnote'' by my friend Jessica Esch. Yes, her work is wonderfully addicting an I encourage you to make it habit forming.if this doesn''t say it all! Altruism Culture Giving Innovation Jessica Esch Leadership Networking Virtue Virtues-Values'

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Definition Leadership Innovation Power 169

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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Blog Learning-by-Doing Delegation Books 91

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Hope is a powerful force in life. In BIF10 Top Row L-R Marlea Brown, Andrew Kaplan, Nicha Ratana; Bottom Row L-R: Faisal Khurshid, Isby Lubin, Fiora MacPherson, Sarah Kandath, Me what, in Whom do you Hope ? It is based in what is both possible and probable , not in hallucination. That''s why September is Hope Month for me.because of BIF10.

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Blanchard Kaplan Business Model Bottom-up 132

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. With Thanksgiving coming up, I thought this was a story worth retelling - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah and a new year ahead.

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Career Power Leadership 128

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. Thank you Better World by Design for inviting me to share to a wonderfully crowded session!

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Education Innovation Power Leadership 124

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.

Storytelling 70

Storytelling Education Project Learning-by-Doing 70

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

JULY 18, 2012

Last March, Whitney Johnson and I were dining on exquisite sushi in Boston celebrating the upcoming launch of her powerful book, Dare, Dream, Do. I have the ability, albeit insignificant, to make a powerful difference in someone’s life – to give a quality of life he or she didn’t have or dream of having (ah!

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Automotive Quality Power Books 168

Mills Scofield

JUNE 19, 2023

Real power isn’t the result of controlling people; it’s created by empowering folks and forging commitment. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a parent, manager, or leader of the free world, command and control will never outperform a team of people who are involved and committed to a cause. Control is an illusion.

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Commitment Follow-up Morale Micromanagement 91

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This simple, elegant e-card has touched me in two powerful unexpected ways: first, that Jess would do this for me, would share her incredible gifts with me to share with all of you; second, that Wyatt's first thoughts were of innovation, creation, solving problems, making things better. was it my signature?

How To 128

How To Mentor Entrepreneur Innovation 128

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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Due Diligence Definition Cost Innovation 112

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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Licensing Price Politics Power 168

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2011

" The logo was based on the Hope Memorial Bridge's "Guardians of Traffic" powerful hi [.]. The theme was "Guardians of the Evolution: We are the guardians of Cleveland's future; We are responsible for its evolution; Success is only possible through collaboration."

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Innovation Power Succession Management 98

Mills Scofield

MAY 27, 2014

His voice is powerful. This guest post is by my dear friend, Brian Sooy , who helped me raise my voice when I started on my own. So please read this post and his book, Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto , if you want to change your business.and yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. At age 52, I ran my first half marathon.

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Goal Entrepreneur Training Strategy 161

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 7, 2012

For businesses and organizations, it’s your mission and purpose – the reason the organization exists, the way you benefit your customers, employees and stakeholders, the way you create powerful outcomes that others can’t; For entrepreneurs, C-suiters and humans, it’s your personal values you won’t compromise, your integrity, (..)

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Wilde Entrepreneur Human Needs Stress 174

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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Short-term Innovation Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 187

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career. This is a very powerful way to align everyone on the activities and resources, a way to let people see and understand how they can and do contribute to actually delivering value to their customers.

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Kaplan Business Model Levitt Christensen 151

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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Class Education Construction McKinsey 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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Class Education Construction McKinsey 70

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. What I’ve found, however, is traditional views of compensation don’t reflect how people behave in – or towards – this organization.

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NGO Short-term Delegation Finance 175

Mills Scofield

MARCH 28, 2013

One of the powerful aspects of the book is Dorie’s ability to go from very specific, tactical details on how to network and reach out to others (e.g., Many of you may familiar with Dorie’s view on the subject through her Forbes and Harvard Business Review blog posts. when to call, how to find out nicknames, etc.)

How To 163

How To Mentor Tactics Advice 163

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2014

If you ever wondered about the power of innovation to radically change lives, wonder no more. Anish Sarma , a volunteer at SpeakYourMind Foundation (SYMF) and research engineer at Braingate , tells us.

Innovation 132

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Health Care Engineering 132

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. You’re not going to move far, fast or fearlessly.

Tools 70

Tools Innovation Operations Engineering 70

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. In June 2013, Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya invited women to crowd-create a book on women innovators by sharing their own stories.

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CTO Engineering How To Innovation 142

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. You’re not going to move far, fast or fearlessly.

Innovation 70

Innovation Tools Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Unusual and powerful analogies. The change in language is so very powerful, symbolic and visual. It’s a fabulous, must read book on how the world of ‘work’ can, and should, evolve and what we can do, with practical real questions to answer, to make that happen. and builders (makers, doers)? I love this!

Long-term 157

Long-term Books Resistance Tools 157

Mills Scofield

MAY 8, 2012

Their story of doing well and doing good is one of the most powerful I’ve seen in blending innovative business models, techniques, processes and social impact. There are many more fabulous stories of Rebellious Optimism to share. One of my favorites is Runa , a B-Corp started by some Brown soccer players, classes of ’08.

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Innovation Business Model Goal Class 170

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

To understand the power of this book, I need to tell you a story…of how I met them. I’m privileged to have met a few of these people in my career – in fact, five “someones” recently at a warm, welcoming, generous visit to Enterasys’s headquarters in Andover, MA.

Leadership 150

Leadership Servant Leader Bottom-up Technology 150

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

His wisdom is powerful and practical! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. So honored to host Frank Sonnenberg on my site!!! His new book, Follow Your Conscience : Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others, is just out. 8 Great Ways to Learn. Learning requires more than attending lectures and regurgitating what you’ve heard.

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Books Innovation 132

Mills Scofield

JUNE 15, 2015

Above all, I believe in the power of one person to make a dent. I’d seen that power undercut; I couldn’t respect my beliefs and not do something about it. I also know that with the big challenges our world holds, we can't afford for people to play it small.

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Policies Storytelling Library Resistance 70