Holiday News| More...
 

Gamechangers

McChrystal Method

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: 000 Troops, 40, Pentagon, Afghan War, Stanley McChrystal, A Christmas Carol, Improvisation, Disney, Gamechangers, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

A character like Stanley McChrystal cannot afford to show vulnerability to his enemies, and by enemies I mean anyone who would prevent The 40,000 from going into production with him as its star.

Read Post

Solar The Sign!

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Entertainment Industry, Solar Power, Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Mike Bonifer, Tom LaBonge, Hollywood, Dreams, Sustainability, Gamechangers, Los Angeles, Solar Paneling the Hollywood Sign, Solar-Power, Solar-Power-Hollywood, Green News
Mike Bonifer

Solar Paneling the Hollywood Sign struck me as a beautiful, artful, symbolically powerful idea -- what I call in my line of work a 'productive game'

Read Post

Why Ayn Rand Does Not Matter (and Viola Spolin Does)

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Ayn Rand, Innovation, Viola Spolin, Sustainability, Cadillac, Gamechangers, Improvisation, Objectivism, Great Depression, World News
Mike Bonifer

Viola Spolin's improvisation is a way for individuals to participate fully and authentically in the solving of problems.

Read Post

Follow the Fear

Mike Bonifer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Mike Myers, Optimism, Potential, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Usc, Business, Productivity, Networked World, Bill Murray, Ted Turner, Del Close, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Fear, Tina Fey, Economy, Recovery, Environment, Living News
Mike Bonifer

Do what makes you uneasy. Do the thing that scares you most. There, you will discover new worlds. Follow the fear. Out of it, you will grow.

Read Post

How a Team of Rivals Collaborates

Mike Bonifer | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: William Gates, Clinton, Team of Rivals, Chicago, Neva Boyd, Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Ari Gold, Improvisation, Viola Spolin, Hyde Park, Gamechangers, Business News
Mike Bonifer

A lot has been made of Obama's casting of the key roles in the new administration. There is astonishment aplenty that he's put together a team of strong personalities and former rivals.

Read Post

How Obama's Improvisation Trumps McCain's Script

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Campaign, Strategy, Mike Bonifer, Bonifer, Improvisation, Republicans, Business, Democrats, Gamechangers, Barack Obama, Networked World, Narrative, Scripting, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

For any organization like the U.S. government that has a significant presence in the Networked World, improvisation is vital. Non-stop learning is the cornerstone of innovation and growth.

Read Post

Thank You, Comedians!

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Entertainment, Politics, Mike Bonifer, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Communications, Sarah Palin, John.I.Am, Steven Colbert, Sarah Silverman, Comedians, Conan O"Brien, Chris Rock, Bonifer, Tina Fey, David Letterman, Bill Maher, john.he.is, Comdey, Jon Stewart, Opus Moreschi, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

In the Age of Irony, there is no such thing as just a pig. It's what kind of joke you make about the pig that gets your point across. Its your mega-pig that counts.

Read Post

Letter to the Undecideds

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Football, Abortion, Undecideds, November Election, Anti-Abortion, Mike Bonifer, Gun Owners, Mccain, Obama, Improvisation, Nascar, Guns, Bonifer, Gamechangers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

He is the kind of hunter who, sooner or later, is going to shoot another hunter.

Read Post

Not a Hail Mary, a Fumblerooski

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Politics of Deception, Vice-President, Mike Bonifer, Obama Team, Bonifer, Republicans, Gamechangers, Sarah Palin, Hail Mary, Fumblerooski, Palin Fumblerooski, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

A Hail mary is not the play the Republicans are running. This is not a last-second desperation play. There's a lot of time left in the game. This is deception by design: It's the Fumblerooski.

Read Post

Lessons for Obama

Mike Bonifer | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Mike Bonifer, 2008 Campaign, Obama, Clintons, Mccain, Democratic, Presidency, Gamechangers, Improvisation for Business, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

This is how we do it, said the Political Masters to the Eager Student. Watch and learn. Stub Up, Young Candidate. Look at how stubborn we are. You...

Read Post

Take Off That Hat, Dick Cheney

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rough Riders, Wisdom, Coast Guard Commencement, Gamechangers, Dick Cheney, Bush, Reagan, Beltway Bandits, Humility, Honesty, Lbj, Beauty, Hat, Valor, Cowboy, Horses, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

The Bush Gang was not the first to appropriate cowboy iconography for politics, but since they did, to be called a cowboy has, almost impossibly it seems to me, become some kind of slur.

Read Post