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How we Make Easy, Difficult—and how Difficult Can Be Easy
How we Make Easy, Difficult—and how Difficult Can Be Easy
By 💡CRAIG JAMES
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Activity
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▀ Truth? ▀ Have a conclusion? We often justify or rationalize it. Hear something we want to believe? We believe it. Confirmation bias is powerful…
▀ Truth? ▀ Have a conclusion? We often justify or rationalize it. Hear something we want to believe? We believe it. Confirmation bias is powerful…
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▀ Why Do Doing? ▀ We're in a world that celebrates getting things... Done. What is done-ness anyway? Why do we care? This 8-minute little…
▀ Why Do Doing? ▀ We're in a world that celebrates getting things... Done. What is done-ness anyway? Why do we care? This 8-minute little…
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I am sounding the call for business to adopt a more patriotic mindset, to return to the concern for society as a whole that helped a healthy form of…
I am sounding the call for business to adopt a more patriotic mindset, to return to the concern for society as a whole that helped a healthy form of…
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Experience & Education
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Cat-Strat Services [CatalystStrategies LLC]
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Co-President Conscious Capitalism Northeastern Ohio
Conscious Capitalism, Inc.
- 3 years 10 months
Economic Empowerment
Board Member and Co-President of Conscious Capitalism Northeastern Ohio. Elevating Humanity through Business.
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User Advisory Board Member
MeetingSift
- 1 year 1 month
Science and Technology
Assist MeetingSift with thinking through innovative strategies and advancements with respect to the meeting-management + ideation SaaS solution.
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Ambassador
The Village Network
- 1 year 1 month
Children
The Village Network rescues troubled teens and helps them achieve a life of health, contribution & success. As an Ambassador, I participated in the effort to "spread the word" + help identify new candidate Ambassadors.
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Formative Steering Committee Member
Blue Water Chamber Orchestra
- 1 year 2 months
Arts and Culture
Steering committee member. Assisted with overall strategy, marketing & web presence as the Chamber was forming and establishing its presence in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Committee Member, Blue Ribbon Task Force for Economic Development
Cuyahoga County
- 5 years
Economic Empowerment
An economic development think tank for Cuyahoga County comprised of community leaders. As a member, I participated in various programs and planning to help better the economic health of Northeast Ohio. Co-created and co-lead a Tax Policy Subcommittee consisting of business and civic leaders in Northeast Ohio. The committee built cases for business-friendly tax policy and communicated such cases to the State House.
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Board Trustee
Great Lakes Theater
- 3 years 1 month
Arts and Culture
As Trustee, Craig participated in the leadership of Great Lakes Theater by way of Audience Development, overall Promotion and Events. He was also active in Development activities associated with the $20M Capital Campaign at the time related to Great Lake's design, construction and move into its new home, The Hanna Theater. Craig and his business partner, Sue, were also invited to facilitate the 2006 Annual Board Retreat.
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Board Chair—The Club at Key Center
ClubCorp
- 4 years
Economic Empowerment
17 years of membership at The Club at Key Center was topped with the Board Chair position. Assisted with the Club's strategic direction, membership-development & operations
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Co-Creator
The ConnectionSeries
- 4 years
Economic Empowerment
The ConnectionSeries was created in the early 2000's around passion for Northeast Ohio & its future. We conducted multi-hundred person events, discussions and roundtables around regional visioning, business & resident attraction & retention, and more.
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Board Member
Cleveland Independents
- 2 years 1 month
Economic Empowerment
Association of Independent Restaurants in Cleveland, OH. Assisted with strategic direction and programming as a Board Member.
Publications
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CatalystStrategies: A Study in Small Business and Organic Innovation
INside INnovation: Looking from the Inside Out
This case study looks at innovation in a small business based more on
qualitative innovation and metrics and less on conventional quantitative
measures. Catalyst-Strategies (Cat-Strat) has an innovation framework that
relies on client interaction and evolution of discrete services that have
qualitative and meaningful impact, rather than incremental improvements.Other authors -
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Ever felt the pressure to have all the answers? At work? or maybe in a relationship? In a world that values certainty and problem solving, the…
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▀ Costco Conundrum ▀ A day at Costco can be a harrowing experience—all on its own. Add a 90-year-old Mom to the mix and and you're in for an…
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