How to Create a Culture of Innovation Within Your Global Small Business

My latest innovation installment for the American Express OPEN Forum:

Creating a Culture of Innovation:
Learning From the Best

And speaking of innovation, you might appreciate this as it relates to both innovation and exports!

Innovation and the 2010 Trade Policy Agenda

Graphic source: The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts

In Search of Excellence In Our World

Enjoy the long weekend. Take time out for yourself. Re-think things. When the recessionary storm clouds pass, you'll be ready to take on the world.

Photo credit: Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business Blog

Even Plants Grow in Sidewalk Cracks

Here's another American Express OPEN Forum contribution, "11 Tips to Help You Thrive After Losing Your Biggest Client."

And your biggest client can be local or global.