http://www.imno.org/default.asp IMNO recent mentor interviews, updated daily. Copyright 2003-2005 International Mentoring Network Organization - IMNO.ORG en-us /images/imno_logotop.gif http://www.imno.org/default.asp http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=305&sid=3 If you show up for work on time and with a good attitude, you are already ahead of 80% of everybody else. http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=304&sid=18 Useful is more important than flashy. A site should provide the user with the service she or he needs, rather than try to impress and overwhelm them with brill... http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=303&sid=3 Execution being strategy. Consumers don't see strategy meetings and analysis, they see things. http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=302&sid=3 I was at the top of the organization. It's a very difficult job, because every decision ends with you. You decide what it truly means to be a leader. http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=301&sid=3 I've heard people refer to IDEO that it's the new Edison workshop. It is not. They do some very interesting product design, but they don't do invention. http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=300&sid=3 Our dream is to change the paradigm of cool. We don't want cool to be about MTV. We want it to be about playing sports, getting good grades, building businesses... http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=299&sid=3 If you can't communicate what you do and what you're good at, who can? If you're not going to promote yourself, who is going to? http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=298&sid=3 The set of right brained abilities are not some kind of trick. They define what it means to be human beings. They have from their nature been created to be desi... http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=297&sid=3 The creative process starts with deep immersion in the product, the environment, the culture. It's a process of insights with outlooking, touchpoints not direct... http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=296&sid=3 The core of being a good writer of fiction is that you are good at day-dreaming. It may be faked, but you either have it or you don't. http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=295&sid=3 First you have to have a great product. If you have a great product you don't have to market it. It will market itself. The internet is like an ocean,... http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=294&sid=3 Each week we would prototype a new business and pretend as if we were running it and go through activities required for launch and then start over and do anothe...