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Pitch in the Age of AI, Part 2....read more

Bottom line: A 30-second, a 3-minute, and a 20-minute presentation each do a different job. Bring the wrong document to the slot and the audience stops listening.....read more

"We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaïs Nin....read more

Prompting is machine governance. Not conversation. Not suggestion. Every instruction changes the equilibrium of a complex system — and the behavior that emerges is in the interaction between all of them.....read more

A sunset viewed from The Homestead near Glen Lake, MI, with a message from Neil Gaiman. Photo, Ann Ralston....read more

Sometimes, the way forward isn’t down into the details… it’s up, where you can see the whole....read more

In Momentum Leadership, we believe sustained effectiveness comes from wholeness: the balance of clarity, energy, and resilience. Here’s how I maintain mine....read more

In leadership, momentum doesn’t start with “All at once.” It starts with one done thing....read more

Life is a creative act. Each of us holds the possibility to generate the future we will live into as a community....read more

Ann Ralston captured the predawn sky in the mirror-still waters off 45th Parallel Park, Suttons Bay, MI, a few minutes from our home....read more

Refocus or Retire products with uncertain product-market fit in less than 12 weeks with Market Investigation Sprints!...read more

This has been a year of renewal and growth. Thank you to our growing community of friends, colleagues and clients!...read more

Your business lives and dies on your ability to make rational decisions. Biases, or “mental blind spots” are the enemy, but you can’t see your blind spots. So how are you supposed to know if biases are harming your business? In this resultsleader.fm podcast with business innovation coach, Gary Ralston, you’ll discover the power of tight feedback loops and “meta-cognition” in managing your biases. Listen now – it could save your business....read more

"You don't learn from cognitive bias." If you start with the mindset of “I'm right”, it will be hard for you to see that you aren't. Love the problem and disconnect yourself (ego) from the outcome....read more

In the past two decades a new species of organization - Apple, Google, Uber, Amazon, Airbnb, Instagram, Github - is achieving a mind-blowing 40x return on shareholder investment compared to their 20th-century peers. Gary Ralston presents a keynote at Filene Research in Washington D.C....read more

Where to Play (book) and the Market Opportunity Navigator (tools) help you bring focus your innovation and bring it to life. It works for sprint teams and entrepreneurs in startups, IP transfer offices and large corporations, alike!...read more

In memory of our dear friend, colleague, leadership educator, author and gifted musician, Michael Jones (1942-2022), we share this post from a decade ago, in 2012......read more

We follow these sources every day - high-quality can't-miss information feeds. They are written in plain language and discuss social and business implications of the technologies and discoveries....read more

You, our families, friends, colleagues and all our wonderful clients, fill us with gratitude - year-round!...read more

How quickly and effectively can you develop a working knowledge of a new domain?...read more

Struggling to get, keep and grow A-Players? Ask this. What are your organization’s Core Values? How well would your employees say that you, as an owner, live and breathe these values?...read more

Running a business is ultimately about freedom. Scaling Up shows owners and leaders how to get their organizations moving in sync to create something significant while enjoying the climb to success!...read more

Biomimicry is a rapidly growing design discipline that provides breakthrough strategies for solving business and technical challenges....read more

Bottlenecks are often resistant to simple hacks and half-measures. Removing your biggest bottlenecks is an ALL HANDS EFFORT, and takes SINGLE-MINDED FOCUS for a FIXED PERIOD to CHANGE THE SYSTEM....read more