I read your excellent book over the Christmas break. Thank you. It provided language and insight that I think will provide pivotal for my organization and personal leadership. I wanted to offer a quote that I have heard, and leaned into, many times. I believe it speaks to the CREAction process. The quote is from [...] Read more »
Your Stories
Occupy Wall Street as an Example of CreAction
This is not my personal story, other than I have been somewhat inspired by what is happening with Occupy Wall Street and see it as an example of CreAction. A few dozen people decided they wanted to protest and tried to camp out in front of the NYSE on September 17th. Hardly anyone noticed. But [...] Read more »
Sabi Sushi – The Restaurant Without a Restaurant
Dear ATE, I’m a member of the Sabi Sushi team, a finalist at this year’s Mass Challenge. Since the accelerator program, the company has made a huge pivot, centered around action, and I wanted to share our story with you. When I was watching the video of your presentation, and started reading your book “Action Trumps Everything”, it seemed [...] Read more »
Entrepreneurial Improvisation
Dear ATE Folks: Thank you for the wonderful experience at the recent sessions. I always seek ideas and ways of thinking that are new and inspiring. I was struck by the UHaul example on the second day. It is entirely possible that many of the courses of action that we came up with might have [...] Read more »
Personal Social and Business Impact – Now that is a powerful Book!
A short book with so much impact! On the business side, my sister and I launched a company about 18 months ago. Talk about an uncertain world, we both came from corporate America, with backgrounds in finance, and started a company in the health industry. Better yet, we introduced a new product, using misunderstood science [...] Read more »
Behind the Scenes
Your book is terrific. Reading it over break, I’ve been reflecting on where CreAction has played a role in my life. Much of the concept reminds me of coaching work I did learning how to clear self-created obstacles – beliefs like “This will never work,” “I can’t do it,” and “There’s just no way” – [...] Read more »