Braden Hoeppner

"Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” (#teamcoastal)"

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:19:01 -0700

““Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” (#teamcoastal)”

- Sir Philip Sidney

"… The fundamental measure of success - in design and business - is whether we are really..."

Sat, 05 May 2012 19:01:07 -0700

“… The fundamental measure of success - in design and business - is whether we are really creating value for somebody out there. Is somebody’s life better (along some dimension of their choosing) because of our efforts? Without that, sustainable profitability is a mirage.”

- Designing for Growth (Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie)

New Business Model Ideation

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:35:24 -0700

4 things to keep in mind when developing new business models:

Ignore the status quo - current operational challenges should not restrict truly new ideas.
Forget the past - the past is a poor indicator of what is possible in the future.
Stop focusing on competitors - new business models are not about copying.
Challenge orthodoxy - discover new, unsatisfied customer need

(From Business Model Generation - by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur)

"A meeting for the leader is pure, unadulterated theater. It is the stage on which you express..."

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:33:32 -0700

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A meeting for the leader is pure, unadulterated theater.

It is the stage on which you express aspirations and values. The stage on which you demonstrate your approach to inquiry that you aim to instill throughout the organization. The stage on which you cajole others to hop aboard and stay aboard. The stage on which the notions of accountability for action is forged.

Prepare for a meeting, every meeting as if your professional life and legacy depended on it. It does.

”

- Tom Peters (via Al Pittampalli)

"There is so much to feel and see and hear out in the open. It keeps your whole being alert, drinking..."

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:38:23 -0700

“There is so much to feel and see and hear out in the open. It keeps your whole being alert, drinking in wonders till you are drugged by them, and drift off carried by this smell and that feel and this sound, that colour - out, out, to that which stands behind all these things, God, comprehending all substance, filling all space.”

- Emily Carr, from Hundreds and Thousands

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:10 -0800

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

- Albert Einstein

"[ When selecting leaders… ] You want to select people who are difference-makers, who bring a..."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:08:02 -0800

““[ When selecting leaders… ] You want to select people who are difference-makers, who bring a different perspective to the table, who are originals, and not just carbon copies of the party line. We need leaders who are voices not echoes. We desperately need people with fresh thinking and fresh perspective on old issues or issues which have us stuck in a rut. We don’t need or want “yes” men or women who merely echo what others are saying or have said.””

- Dave Kraft - Picking the Right People

"It’s not ok to be unhappy and a part of this company."

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:55:12 -0800

““It’s not ok to be unhappy and a part of this company.””

- Elon Musk, “Revenge of the Electric Car”

"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable..."

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:01:05 -0700

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”

- C.S. Lewis

"In the absence of guidance or orders, figure out what the orders should have been and execute them..."

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:00:00 -0700

“In the absence of guidance or orders, figure out what the orders should have been and execute them aggressively.”

- General David Petraeus

"Generative leadership: the ability to bring a group to seemingly impossible courses of action by..."

Fri, 06 May 2011 08:15:00 -0700

“Generative leadership: the ability to bring a group to seemingly impossible courses of action by examining, testing, and overcoming their “mental models”: the deeply held assumptions and biases that hold them back. Generative leaders see — and help others see — that allegedly fixed constraints are constructs of individual and group perception, and not real barriers. This is the kind of leadership most critically needed in businesses and institutions around the world today.”

- Katheryn Sullivan (Strategy+Business, Autumn 2008)

"There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great..."

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:07:45 -0800

“There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning, or thinking. Then you must have well-trained troops to carry it out: that’s working. But between the plan and the operation there is always an unknown. That unknown spells defeat or victory, success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. God has His part, or margin in everything, That’s where prayer comes in.”

- George S. Patton