Inspiring Innovations Inc., LEARNING MOMENTS Podcast

Dr. Adolf Brown has been a long time professional colleague and has motivated people all over the country. We were lucky enough to have him speak to a group in the Thumb Area of Michigan quite a while ago… but I was thrilled to receive a “reconnect” message from him just last week! Well, his reconnect generated this week’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS discussion. Specifically the topic i...

Making good First Impressions is a pretty regular, strong professional development priority both at home and/or in the work place! Whether the issue is dress… being on time for anything… or communicating well… all are areas that require quality First Impressions every time and everywhere. This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS Podcast not only stresses the progressive value of making...

Sometimes deciding on the “best way forward” can be confusing and often too full of reasonable choices. Taking a slow, cautious approach ay at times seem like the right path to take instead of a “quick and easy” option. Likewise, the costs involved in progress and growth may be difficult to accept… however selecting a low-cost opportunity may result in the “you only get what you pay for” reality. ...

One of the most important roles of a leader of any organization or business is simply: Meeting MAXIMIZATION! Discussing the most important issues… getting and keeping everyone engaged… considering the best location and providing GREAT leadership guidance… are all continuous factors that need to be addressed to ensure: Meeting MAXIMIZATION! This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS Podcas...

As you check out the title of this month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS Podcast: Vault of VOIDS! ... I will bet you have never seen those two unique words used “connectively” before! Right? Well this month I try to place necessary attention on the extra-curricular quality-driven services/product VOIDS that are not stressed nor given timely attention in the workplace and/or by employees....

Often people in charge talk strongly about encouraging people to think more creatively and cause new idea generation. However, most employing units don’t take example-setting steps to “show” this commitment and move toward Creating A MAKERSPACE!   This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is all about the purpose and potential value of Creating A MAKERSPACE within your home and w...

It is with a feeling of qualified satisfaction that I share this final podcast for the year 2025. Working With People is a simple sounding topic… but as we all know, in real life, it contains a large list of leadership challenges. Are some challenges fun to take on… Yes! But do we mostly deal with the more complex personal side… also Yes!  Well my Working With People podcast tries to offer five si...

It is always extra special to prepare the November 15th Inspiring Innovations, Inc. Learning Moments Podcast! Whether it’s because of my hunting blind recording location or just remembering some of my Dad‘s traditions, the messages I prioritize just seem a little more personally important.  “Positioning” Through Innovation & Entrepreneurship is a professional activity that will make a positive...

This month’s Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is all about trying a “Weights” system to improve your life and workplace decision-making process. Is the podcast message a little confusing… yes…but so is basic decision-making. Does every decision include “weight” factors that vary based on the occupation you have, the business you own, how old you are, where you live and the people you...

When you think about professional development, sometimes you need to look in the mirror and consider you… your business… your organization’s current and long-term value in the marketplace. Are your services… products needed, and growing… or fading and sliding toward that “obsolete” category?!  This Building Indispensability podcast is meant to encourage everyone to self-check their value in the wo...

This Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS podcast is all about doing a honest assessment of the positive - progressive - future-minded messages you and your organization convey to everyone… everyday. Think about all of the different ways we communicate today and then consider the confident quality of each message delivered by your company. Are they (the messages) Sending Progressive - Initiative...

 This month my Inspiring Innovations LEARNING MOMENTS are totally... completely and happily all devoted to INNOVATION. It is a professional development area I have prioritized my entire career.  Specifically, the podcast discusses the importance of actions required when Retaining a "SPIRIT" of Innovation in your everyday lifestyle. The suggested actions are not totally new or unique… how...

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...

 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...

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 mon...

 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 “Discussioni...

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 managin...

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 th...

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...

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 Wh...

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-bu...

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...

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 Responsi...

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 QUAL...

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...