“He (IMS CEO Mark Miles) sent an email to every company employee asking for recommendations” Curt Cavin for the Indianapolis Star   Mr. Miles, Admittedly, I am not an employee of Hulman & Co.  I am simply a lifelong fan of the Indianapolis 500 and just happen to be sitting on an “idea list” for the Speedway that has been building in my Evernote...

We are all innovative; capable of connecting and creating the ideas that drive people, businesses, organizations and society forward.  Allow me to lay out a quick argument for this reasoning: Innovation = Creativity MentorEdge’s Ravi Kikan recently asked the LinkedIn Future Trends group, “How do you define innovation in one word?”  To date, over...

December 31 What are you looking forward to the most the next 365 days? Happy New Year!  It’s already after midnight somewhere.  I am excited about what lies ahead in 2013: Church.  Northview Church is opening their Fishers campus on Super Bowl weekend and I can’t wait to be a part of it.  There could be upwards of 1000 people when we first open the...

December 30 What’s one step you can take to support a goal you have in 2013? I mentioned one of my 2013 goals in yesterday’s post, and that is to be a better, more consistent blogger. The biggest step I need to make here is to simply write more. This Think Kit project has been a great exercise to blog every day in December (I think I only missed one...

December 29 What new skill do you want to add to your repertoire in 2013?     WWW: writing, WordPress, web design There are 3 skills I would like to improve next year: writing, WordPress and web design. I finally started this blog back in February, but content has been sporadic and the design is still very basic. Writing. Mostly I just need to do it more....

December 28 Lifeline:  What’s on your desk?  Do you have organized chaos, or pristine piles? Ok, I cheated a bit for today’s post. Before reaching out for one of Think Kit’s lifelines, I actually used some down time to clean up my desk a bit this afternoon. So the answer to the original question is organized chaos for sure.  However, today you...

December 27 What event stood out for you this year?  Where was it?  Who was there?  What did it look like?       Yes, I am recycling this from my first Think Kit post of the month (for those of you paying attention).  Deciding to be re-baptized as an adult back in October is certainly the most important event that stands out in my mind. I am...