by Stan Phelps | Jan 20, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
In business, there is not safety in numbers. Management guru Tom Peters argues that, “It is no longer safe to be the same, to be normal, to be indistinct.” Let that sink in for a minute. He is saying that the only safe move—only prudent choice, the only...
by Stan Phelps | Jan 19, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
This summer I visited the Lorraine Motel in Memphis with my 13-year-old son James. It is the place that Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on the 2nd-floor balcony. We weren’t participating in dark tourism. Not familiar with the term? Dark tourism is...
by Stan Phelps | Jan 18, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
Break your industry standards and norms to stand out. Do MORE of what makes you weird or intentionally do LESS of what everyone considers as normal. Do MORE of what your customers value and unapologetically LESS of what they don’t. Over 100 years ago, Clarence...
by Stan Phelps | Jan 16, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
Weird is your destiny. The word “weird” comes the Old English “wyrd.” It is of Germanic origin meaning destiny. In Middle English, it originally meant “having the power to control destiny.” According to Wikiquote, weird “is a...
by Stan Phelps | Jan 15, 2021 | Green Goldfish
Can clutter increase team-building and ultimately innovation? Cited by the book INFLUENCER, Hewlett-Packard used to encourage that employees keep, of all things, a messy desk. The thinking by HP was that by leaving work visible and accessible, that it was much more...
