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16/07/2024

I am on a livestream show right now titled "Switch On!" covering the topic of the Power of Reinvention. Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/events/switchon-thepowerofreinvention7218240002248314880/theater/

19/03/2024

You have the most amazing proposal for your customers or bosses. You rush to present it - only to face an absolute lack of support (or worse, open criticism).
Why?!.... And how to fix it?

This was the question that drove my first Forbes article in the role of a regular contributor - which is all about "The Venice Principle: Why Your Customers (Or Bosses) Ignore Your Ideas - And How To Fix It" 🎈

I owe the discovery of the Venice Principle to the most beautiful of sources - my GenZ daughter Lila - who was about.

And it completely changed the way I prepare for any idea pitch...
The way I sell...
The way I facilitate difficult conversations or high-tension negotiations...

The Venice Principle became one of the most beloved secrets of the entire Reinvention Academy community - and it can save you from making some seriously costly mistakes, too.

So, read the article (I will add a link to the article in the comments 👇)

And then let me know how your secret to being heard - what is the #1 piece of advice would you give someone who feels shut down?

P.S. Huge thanks to Jeanne M. Stafford, for getting me to write for Forbes and to the artist Piterskii Punk for an amazing illustration.

14/12/2023

They do look good on the resume, but the happiest moments of my life did NOT include:

❌ Making the first million dollars in consulting using the reinvention toolkit

❌ Meeting the Queen of England while producing a business conference for her team at the UK Embassy

❌ Getting the Axiom 2021 Best Business Book medal for “The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos”

❌ Delivering my 4th TEDx talk

❌ Getting rated as the best speaker at the 2023 National Speakers Association conference

❌ Becoming one of the youngest chaired professors in the world as the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor at IEDC-Bled School of Management

Instead, I felt most alive when:

✅ I grew my own kale for the first time

✅ In the middle of a long overseas trip, I got an audio message from my daughter thanking me for the kind of mom I am and asking me never to doubt that I am not doing enough for her as a working mom (I still re-listen to it when I am down)

✅ My husband taught me how to make the best bulletproof coffee of my life (his is still better)

✅ Our Reinvention Academy graduates posted massive wins (even better - photos hugging another Certified Reinvention Professional they met through our global community)

✅ I went for a walk in my local neighborhood’s park on Monday morning just when everyone left for work, having absolute peace and quiet all to myself (selfish and honest!)

✅ I got to take my parents to Slovenia and brought them to the US this year to spend weeks and weeks together, sharing stories, laughing, and eating tons of lamb (my nomadic roots are talking)

At the end of life, it’s not our possessions, titles, and achievements that matter most - but what we managed to do with them and who we shared them with.

Did we allow adventure into our lives?
Did we take risks?
Did we learn, fail, and grow?
Did we create something good (even if it was just a very creative cup of coffee)?
Did we love?

Money is an incredible tool to finance the impact we crave - and the life we deserve.

Financial freedom does provide a safety net when it’s time to reinvent ourselves…

…and, as data suggest, that’s now every 1-3 years, so yes, we do need to get the financial safeguards to make those jumps….

Money is an incredible method. A tool. A bridge.

It matters. A lot.

But let’s not confuse the tool with the goal.

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P.S. We just opened doors to our first Easy Reinvention Lab of 2024 - the legendary free live online experience we host a couple of times a year to bring more life into your career, team, company, or business model.

Want to join? Give me a + in the comments - and we'll send you a link 👇

08/01/2023

Hello, my dear DMP graduates - a warm hello and Happy New Year!

Wanted to reach out and invite you personally to my traditional way to start the year - a week-long (only 1 hour a day) workshop where we bridge strategy, innovation, and change management tools specifically to address business needs in turbulent times.

We focus on one tool a day (including the Titanic Syndrome test, Blue Ocean Strategy canvas, and more) and bring hundreds of professionals from around the globe to network and cross-pollinate ideas and applications to different industries and markets.

Register today - we start on Monday, January 23rd, and of course, replays will be available for each day you cannot join us live:

Register for a Free Live 5-Day Event - with just an hour a day, you'll be able to plan for an invincible 2023 and start the year strong with clarity, focus, and consistent results.

11/10/2022

It's nearly time. Time to change all the things you wanted to change in 2022 - and kept postponing 🤩

Time for our free, live, results-focused Easy Reinvention Lab - the LAST lab of 2022, which starts tomorrow, Wednesday, October 12th.

Whether you are in a corporate, consulting, coaching, non-profit or public sector, we'll introduce you to our proven tools, so you can AMPLIFY your results.

There's a reason we get hundreds of raving reviews from the professionals who participated in past Labs.
The Lab produces results - again and again. So, you can finish 2022 with measurable progress, too.

Have you registered? Give me a + in the comments.

Not registered? Find a link in the comments, register, and then give me a + 😍

03/01/2022

Hello, my dear DMP alumni! I saw this photo and thought of you.

I know for many people things seem out of control. But there ARE things we CAN control in 2022.

So, together with a global community of 500 professionals all over the world, I will be planting flowers - starting with our free live 5-day workshop on taking control of unpredictable 2022.

You only need 1.5 hours a day - we go step-by-step with our collection of 5 specific tools to thrive in uncertainty in 2022.

The event is free, held on Zoom.
Register today.
Let's get this year to bloom: https://lnkd.in/dHaXiG7d

10/04/2021

Hello, my dear DMP family! I have a big personal invitation for all of you 🤩

On April 26-30 we are hosting our second free live 5-day Easy Reinvention Lab to give you or your team pragmatic step-by-step tools for reinventing your company's products, processes, leadership practices, or business models.

At the Lab we also share results of the reinvention surveys of the past 2 years - which you helped us with so graciously in the past.

Here's how one of our 500 participants, Faisal Zia from the UK, described the Lab: "Having sat on lots of courses and webinars on innovation, business transformation, and change in a covid world this is the first one that was more than just informative!!!
I joined the 5-day course a couple of weeks back, and I can see why the team featured in WSJ and Harvard Business Review! Shout out to Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva and the Chief Reinvention Officer team - Amazing work!!!!"

I hope it will be relevant for you or your network as we are all going through tremendous changes right now, it is absolutely free and takes only about 1 hour a day, here is a link to register:

Register for a Free Live 5-Day Event and Secure Your Post-Pandemic Success

31/01/2020

Hey DMP graduates,

By now you are approaching the time in your career when it's better to start thinking big picture.

And for that we have a great opportunity for you - free, live, online. Grab your spot today:

Get disruption-ready & future proof with this live | free | online masterclass

17/04/2019

It doesn't matter if you decide to go for this new reinvention course or not - what matters is that you give yourself 60 seconds to watch this, and the ACT on it.

There are MANY ways you can improve your reinvention skills every single day. Do it.

This century is the one you will need those skills most. Ride the waves of change - or get crushed by them.

07/01/2019

As the new year is upon us, the message of this graduation speech by Dr.Nadya Zhexembayeva is the one that might be exactly what you need to hear today. She starts with her personal story at Hartwick College - and about 5 minutes in the real juice begins.

"When change comes to your life, you have only 2 options: fight it or use it. I hope you use it to reinvent." Watch!

10/06/2018

Hey DMP alumni, this one is specifically designed for you: young talent that is not always listened to. How do you sell your idea to your boss - or a tough client? Watch!

You have a great idea. You have a solution. You have THE answer to your company’s problem, but here comes the challenge: how do you sell this idea to your boss?
This is the subject of our latest vlog conversion, take a look here: https://bit.ly/2szmQ6L