SAMBA Blog

If you're like me you spend most of your time playing it safe...scared to try anything that might not work. At work and at play, with my kids and most certainly with my spouse.
But it turns out that most great things...most things that impact the world...might not have worked....

By now we know the enormous costs of holding a meeting.  Would a memo suffice?
NO, we rationalize.  What we have to say is too important, so we go ahead and schedule a meeting instead.
But is your meeting really necessary?

Next time you register and pay good money for a conference, try this experiment.
Skip all the sessions and speaches. Assume that you can learn anything you missed by watching video replays or reading the speakers' books or blogs.
Stay in the hallways and mingling areas and connect with the people there. You'll come out of that conference having enjoyed yourself more than any previous conference. You'll also have learned more....

We're entrepreneurs. We give our lives creating value, growing people and organizations, and changing the world. While in the arena, we fight the good fight, make promises, throw the dice when it feels uncomfortable, make decisions and shake hands on...