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Lesson #3: Follow The Path Of The Unsafe
“Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new,” said Watson.

Points to consider for International Franchise Expansion
Expanding an already successful franchise overseas can be a great way to develop an already successful national franchise. However, careful consideration must be given to ensure your franchise is ready and prepared for unfamiliar markets.
Fear of Authenticity
Since the earliest days of human culture some have sought to control the minds of others. Methods have progressed, but the objective remains the same - obedience and conformity.

The Demise of and Hope for American Capital
What is the root cause of the financial crisis? It's not money. Money is a symptom, not a cause. The cause is deeper, more pervasive and more troublesome. Thinking that "capital injection" is the solution is like pouring gasoline on fire, hoping to extinguish it. Think again.
Why Conformity is Bad for Your Business
As a business owner do you ever find yourself trying to act the way you think your clients want you to? Or even more dangerous, are you trying to be more like your competition?
Got Tall Poppy Courage?
To be outstanding in life, you must be willing to stand out. When all you do is try to fit in, you negate the difference your difference makes. Tall Poppy Courage is not about being better than anyone else, just the best possible version of yourself.
Thought Conformity
People pass off others' thinking as their own. They parrot others' issues without personal analysis. And they embrace others' perspectives as if it was their original thought. But these repackaged perspectives hamper innovation, personal growth, and business results.

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Managing Creative People in PR
If men are from Mars and women from Venus, then most creatives come from a planet that is all their own. That is why they are so important. Easily crushed by convention and conformity they need to be nurtured. This poses a special management challenge. Adrian Maguire of online PR specialist, www.CLICKintoPR.com outlines ten things you should do and ten things not to do.
Fear of Authenticity
Since the earliest days of human culture some have sought to control the minds of others. Methods have progressed, but the objective remains the same - obedience and conformity.

The Role Of Leadership For Now And The Future
Leadership in the information age is based on the belief that the best way to achieve high performance, innovation, creativity and results, is to stress “individuality”… not conformity… by employing the full talents of all stakeholders – including their ideas, experiences and knowledge. What is required is a form of leadership that actually engages individual differences and sustains them in creative useful ways, rather than seeking their resolution through conflict, suppression or compromise.
What's Leadership?
It is a natural instinct to want to be a leader yet so many people have no idea what is required to be one. As they climb the ladder of success they feel they are leaders and have the demeanor requiring being followed without earning it. Rank has it’s privilege but not in the hearts of men and so conformity is through duty.

Does Brand Imitation Work?
To Copy or Not to Copy, This is the Question.vWe all know that it’s tempting to copy the competition. There is safety in conformity – a certain “comfort factor” in being similar. After all, the other company knows what it’s doing, right? Not always.

How to Buy a Round-the-World Plane Ticket (That Kicks Ass)
Chris Guillebeau travels the world and writes for a small army of remarkable people at The Art of Non-Conformity blog. He is a master of clever air travel (among other things), and this is a guest post on perfecting one of the rare gems that can truly change your life: Round-the-World (RTW) tickets. Enter Chris…

CE Marking & EU Directives
The CE Mark is a mandatory European marking for certain product groups to indicate conformity with the essential heath and safety requirements set out in European Directives. The CE Mark declares that your product complies with the Essential Requirements of the applicable EU Directives.
Steps To Personal Success
Many of us spend our days traveling from one high-pressure environment to another, "putting out fires" and dealing with issues, before we arrive at the end of the day and wonder where all the time went. We live a life that is determined by custom and conformity. In truth, we don't really know how to measure whether we are being successful or not in real terms, even though we may often measure ourselves against the performance of our peers, close friends or family.

The Red Team: A Simple But Effective Method to Improve Mission Planning
In mission planning, the practice of utilizing a Red Team is necessary. A Red Team is a simple means to overcome the overconfidence bias and the theory of "groupthink," the need for groups to seek conformity and unanimity in planning and decision making. Tactical planning processes must be subjected to a Red Team to minimize errors and to foresee future problems.
Creative Conflict
One of the biggest challenges in a formal education is the struggle between creativity and conformity. Classroom educational experiences, by design, breed conformity. We are all taught to write, think, and process information the same way. While it is good to learn basic skills, conformity kills creativity.

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