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Turning Ideas into Impact — the book’s available!

By Camille Smith / February 26, 2020

I always wanted to write a book,but the wanting never turned into doing     . . . until NOW! Together with 15 amazing Silicon Valley consultants, we’ve written our book: Turning Ideas Into Impact. It is now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Ideas-Into-Impact-Consultants-ebook/dp/B08428RLDY/ . Starting February 27 (Thurs) until March 2 (Mon), we’ll be running an Amazon…

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Take the keys away!

By Camille Smith / August 5, 2019

The Abilene Paradox refers to a situation in which a group of people make a collective decision that is counter to the preferences or interests of everyone in the group. The paradox was first described by Jerry Harvey in his 1974 article “The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement”. Here’s the story:  “On a hot…

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A leader’s job is simple, just not easy.

By Camille Smith / May 4, 2019

The summer of my sophomore year in high school I had a job at RCA Rubber in Akron, Ohio, where my Dad was the controller. My boss was Miss Phelps, the finance manager, a small, trim woman who always wore a jacket or sweater even in summer when the heat from the rubber plant below…

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Resolutions? Bah, humbug!

By Camille Smith / January 27, 2015

Looking back If you haven’t made your New Year’s resolutions yet, or, probably more likely, the one’s you’ve made have fallen away, it’s ok. In fact, it’s better than ok … read on.In my December 2013 blog, I declared “releasing” as my one-word intention for 2014. I put it on a card and stuck it…

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The Problem with Thinking … Only Certain Thoughts

By Camille Smith / December 9, 2014

I just finished reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Regardless of the mixed reviews of the Pulitzer Prize winner, I loved it. The last 10 pages got me thinking about thinking. One phrase in particular gave birth to this blog: “… just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them”. The ‘not…

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Swallowing the bitter pill of rejection leads to a diet of success

By Camille Smith / July 31, 2014

No.   Thanks, but no thanks. Decline.   Not interested. Dismissed. Rejected.    Your idea might not be adopted. Your application might be declined. Your declaration of love might receive a blank look.  It’s ok to not like rejection. But, if you avoid it when something really matters to you, I promise you’ll regret it. Why? …

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Want success? Embrace failure.

By Camille Smith / August 16, 2012

It bugs me when someone shouts “Failure is not an option!”  The icing on the buggy cake comes if their declaration is punctuated with teeth-grinding and fist-clenching. Sure, I hear their determination and desire that they must succeed, no matter what, come hell or high-water, or no water at all, if that’s the case.  Still,…

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