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What's Don Thinking?

Irreverent observations on Life, Love, and Leadership.

Fears for the Year (CEO prep for 2022) ceo Dec 04, 2021

As we wrap up the year, 700 CEOs shared with me their top uncertainties about 2022. Do you share these doubts?

More Talent Wars: I heard this struggle become more common about 9 months ago. It's getting worse. The great COVID opened the gates. No longer is geography a barrier for your...

Great contest for CEOs to drive PR and possible funding! May 28, 2021

My colleague and former executive client at Verizon, Kim Whittemore, introduced me to an early corporate assessment idea previously used by Forbes. It's now evolved and CEOs should jump in.

The winners will be featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and have attracted over 70$ million...

Strategic Growth Secrets from Ancient Samurai Jun 08, 2020

What do the Ancient Samurai have to do with business?

At first, you might not see much of a connection.
But in reality, the similarities between the sword and the boardroom are uncanny.

When I wrote “The Code of the Executive” my intentions were for an historical academic...

Self-Inflicted Wounds to Profits - Part 1: Tactical Seduction Jun 08, 2020

Before speaking at a conference in Miami, I slipped in early to hear Tom Peters talk. Always entertaining. Surprisingly he described the 10% success rate of strategy planning (that’s right, only 10%) as “wildly inflated”.

More surprising is that after this data was...

Self-Inflicted Wounds to Profits - Part 2: Strategic Execution Sabotage Jun 08, 2020

Ever see one of those pirate movies where they engage the enemy on the high seas, cannons aflame, smoke and thunder all around, and explosion tearing in the ships’ hulls? Of course you have. Now, have you ever seen one of those episodes where the captain runs below deck to start cleaning...

Time to Reduce COVID Anxiety. Lead with Confidence. covid Jun 08, 2020

As CEO or C-level, depression and anxiety in your employees affect productivity, culture, and their personal lives. But YOU can provide confidence and hope. That is your role now. For tips and ideas, visit our new Exec Insights Library for CEOs and C-levels.

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Don Schmincke's irreverent humor and unconventional methods provide a refreshing change to status-quo topics. What else would you expect from an MIT and Johns Hopkins researcher who was nearly arrested as a capitalist spy in the Soviet Bloc, got shot off an aircraft carrier, survived in the Kurdish capital as Iran took U.S. Embassy hostages, was the first white invited into an African Tsonga tribe, summitted 20,000 feet on the highest volcano before it blew up, and developed missile guidance systems while his frat brothers took Vegas (as seen in the movie “21”)? Don is the author of "The Code of the Executive" and "High Altitude Leadership" and has been featured by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, MSNBC.com and more than 60 industry publications.

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