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When BIC, manufacturer of disposable ballpoint pens, wanted to grow, it looked for an idea beyond introducing new sizes and ink colors. Someone suggested lighters. LIGHTERS? With an idea that seemed crazy at first, that bright executive, instead of seeing BIC as a pen company—a business...

We’re excited to introduce In the Box — hosted by Seminole Boosters President & CEO Stephen Ponder — this series explores conversations on leadership, culture, and the individuals who drive excellence, both within Florida State and beyond. Each episode offers an inside look at how leaders think, make decisions, and shape the communities around them.

The traditional attitude toward creativity in the American business world is to "think outside the box": to brainstorm without restraint in hopes of coming up with a breakthrough idea, often in moments of crisis. Sometimes it works, but it’s a problem-specific solution that does nothing to engender creative thinking more generally. Inside the Box demonstrates Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), a method that systemizes creativity as part of the corporate culture. SIT requires thinking "inside the box", working in one’s familiar world to create new ideas independent of specific problems.

The Box I Live in Podcast is the "no fluff" guide to corporate survival and growth. Every fortnight your host Ben Reeve invites you into candid, career "half-time" executive coaching conversations with leaders, industry specialists and CEOs about real challenges and the real solutions hard learned. Listen up for the tools and tactics for future-proofing your career.

Playing in the Sandbox Podcast is designed to cultivate excellence and inspire action in today's leaders… which is everyone. Host Tammy J. Bond is a Motivator and asker of Bold Questions, author, and top-ranked Keynote Speaker, Wife, and Mom who irritates her kids with all of her questions… Tammy believes in the power of Lead Yourself Well before You can Lead Others. Helping you harness the power of bold conversations, Tammy coaches leaders in the workplace to develop the skill of asking powerful questions that cultivate excellence in self and others.