Inspiring Innovations Inc., LEARNING MOMENTS Podcast

As I have mentioned a number of times… I never really know where an inspiration for a LEARNING MOMENTS podcast may come from. But this month, I hope you can tell Homework-FOREVER was driven by the students in every one of my college classes!

Hopefully when they/you listen to this fun and important life-long applicable message… everyone will understand my Homework- FOREVER “position". And take note that I recommended a second-li...

 This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is all about progressively dealing with Unhealthy Professional Competition. As the title suggests, motivation and encouragement brought on by competition in the workplace may bring about good results… however, there are often “unhealthy” outcomes too. 

Decline in creativity, reduction in production, and less project collaboration are all examples of Unhealthy Professional ...

This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is driven by the proclamation: “You can change jobs during your career… but you can’t change what makes you SPECIAL!”

Innovation and entrepreneurship in the public sector have always been a priority in all that I have worked on. So somehow it only seemed appropriate and timely that I discuss my Learn – Grow + Earn Tour concept as this month’s podcast topic. It has tradition...

 As we all consider options and opportunities for moving ourselves forward both personally and professionally… does Positioning for Innovation, rank high on your strategy list? 

Well this month’s Inspiring Innovations, LEARNING MOMENTS podcast first talks through the high value of building/operating a culture of innovation in every area of your daily life. Then… as always, the podcast “Discussionist” leaves you with a few ideas on h...

The major goal of this month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is to more creatively and purposefully harness the potential of Cooperative Diversity! 

Too often, as we work with people… we overlook the LEADERSHIP… INNOVATION… COMMUNICATION and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT learnings that exist in a cooperating diversified group. Effectively nurturing the unique input and likewise managing the progressive outputs of co-work...

As we begin our Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS line-up of podcast topics for the new year… I thought I would begin with an issue that has “flustered” me for a long time. Specifically I am referring to those who in my career have claimed: “I am NOT Innovative!” 

I think you will find this podcast a little entertaining… but also very suggestive that EVERYONE has a little creativity inside them. And although some ignore it… som...

Well as we finish 2024, this Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is a targeted message toward bettering Board/Council/Committee advancement. Often as professionals are recruited and join a community development group, it becomes “growth-necessary” to pose a number of common-sense questions that help blend everyone in support of a special “cause”! 

The TOP 10 Growth Questions and related growing-pain considerations highlig...

This month’s podcast: Who Owns The BIG Picture? … is almost a strong personnel policy directive! Too often in many businesses or organizations employees within them seem to be “once removed” from owning and standardly sharing a common message about what their business/organization stands for! 

I believe it is crucial for all employees… Board members… business owners… to make sure everyone knows Who Owns The BIG Picture… BECAUSE THEY...

This month’s Inspiring Innovations, LEARNING MOMENTS September 2024 podcast is important/special to me in so many ways! First, I have always believed and preached that everyone that I worked with should be confident and prepared to make a good presentation on their work “stuff” anytime.

Next, as I transitioned more in to the consultant world-of-work, I tried very hard to be the very best-in-the-business when doing a workshop, teachi...

This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS Podcast was a “long-time-in-the-making”! No, I don’t mean it took me a long time to record it… rather it took me a while to organize the message in a calm… but strong way. And because I have prioritized being progressively Organized for Tomorrow my whole life/career… I didn’t want to underestimate the energy it takes to be successful in this area.

Please be advised that I have expa...

Too often traditional… “We have always done it this way” operational practices stand in the way of progressive process upgrades in the workplace. You know what I mean. The “if it’s not broken… why do we need to fix or change anything” leadership/management standardized approach to change… RIGHT?!

Well this month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast: Organization & Business Responsibility SHIFTS! is simply about reali...

At no time in my career did anyone set me down nor did I participate in a special workshop/training on facilitating QUALITY NEGOTIATION. Do you pick up tips and strategies as you go through your workdays and participate in multiple topic negotiation sessions… yes! But have you ever taken the time to sort out what factors really assist to arrive at a workable solution and enable you to achieve QUALITY NEGOTIATION outcomes??

 This mon...

As you can tell by this month’s Inspiring Innovations, LEARNING MOMENTS topic… Entrepreneurship and Innovation continue to dominate my current professional responsibilities. 

So to support this special momentum.... I have taken a “visual tool“ from my past and prioritized its design and purpose for a quality LEARNING MOMENTS podcast. “What Do I Want… Zone of Professional Discomfort…. and Impactors” all represent timeless considerati...

Sometimes advancing professional development pushes you to go back to the basics. This month’s podcast Meeting Preparation… is all about that journey. 

Whether it is appropriately AGENDA SHARING   in our transparent times… or strategically building Meeting Preparation OWNERSHIP… improving in these areas is just progress necessary. 

Finally, although TIME MANAGEMENT is necessary, and even critical in our over-informational world... pr...

The Cambridge English Dictionary defines Global Citizenship as follows:

 “The idea that you should show loyalty and support for the world as a whole as much as for the particular country in which you live.”

 Whether it’s the steady advances of technological information-sharing… or the increasing number of global, world-wide impacting issues; the need for everyone to realize their Global Citizenship status is a growing priority.

 In th...

This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast topic: “As Much Advice As Possible”… seems to carry a common sense, natural decision-making recommendation action. However, if people take a quick assessment of the steps they take to make a decision on a major issue, their resulting process may not be as “natural” as we would think.

President John F. Kennedy has helped me form this month's podcast message. Based on th...

This December 2023 Podcast completes our 7th season of Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS. Each month I have had the GREAT opportunity to share my thoughts, ideas, and recommendations on positively and progressively living through a variety of workplace and just regular life situations.

 Well this last podcast contains a VERY Special MOMENTS TOP 10 list of reflections!  It introduces a new “influencer” to my LEARNING MOMENTS tha...

What do Tom Brady… RAM Pick-ups… and Gerber Baby Foods have in common? A GREAT BRAND! 

This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast follows the tradition of coming to you from my favorite deer hunting blind. But don’t think for a minute that the Creating Your Brand podcast message doesn’t contain some great professional development thoughts and recommendations (despite opening day distractions)! 

Seriously, this Creati...

Appropriate NETWORKING in and around your employment sector has always been an important action for hiring and promotion purposes. Who you meet, where you go, and what type of relationship-building you accomplish has traditionally been the standards related to effective NETWORKING.

 Well this month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast offers a different view of what type of progressive NETWORKING might be more impactful ...