Cornerstones (Blog)

Cornerstones features the writings of Jennifer StJohn and the Fusion Group editorial team. Enjoy these insightful and engaging essays for a different take on business, life and the pursuit of success and serenity.

The Sell By Date

“The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, it’s culture, it’s history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long, the nation will begin to forget what it is, and what it was…”
— Milan Kundera

They’re tired.

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Make Yourself Useful!

“Find a need and fill it.”
— Henry Kaiser

You say, “Can I help?” or “What if I can assist you with that?” And, just like that, you have a job.

A company says, “How about a pocket phone that also calculates,

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Catching the Big Idea

(The continued flogging of last week’s concept…)

“Consciousness is like a flowing river. Ideas come floating by…
If you fail to catch one, it disappears from view…”
— J. R. St.John

Does a Document,

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Swimming in Templates

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch,
You must first invent the universe.”
— Carl Sagan

There’s an arrogant, self-regard among many in the sales business…

Probably a good thing though, cause if

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Limits to Analysis

“It’s the new Bloomberg Terminal! It’s a $25,000 installation
that tells me everything going on in the entire world!”
“Do you even know what’s going on outside your office door?”
The News Room
Aaron Sorkin

 

“Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and

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