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Managing partner of Epic Pivot, guiding organizations to create value on purpose. Global…
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We celebrated Bob Ellis and his 25 amazing years of service today! 🎉 Your dedication, passion, and contributions have been invaluable. Here’s to a…
We celebrated Bob Ellis and his 25 amazing years of service today! 🎉 Your dedication, passion, and contributions have been invaluable. Here’s to a…
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I am honored to join the advisory board of Third Road Management. I look forward to working alongside this exceptional group of professionals. I am…
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Over the past several months, our ServiceMaster Clean® #brand leveraged the knowledge and resources of our ServiceMaster Restore® brand to develop…
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Going Electric: Tales of Innovation
Nautilus Publishing Company
Going Electric offers tips on how to foster a culture that produces meaningful innovation, how to handle people and pitfalls on the path, and how to reframe your mindset to generate real, lasting value for business, non-profits, and social innovations. This book takes the best of Michael’s columns from GE Ideas Lab, Innovation Excellence, Upstart Business Journal, and the Memphis Daily News and presents years of hard-earned practical wisdom. Think go Going Electric as field notes from the…
Going Electric offers tips on how to foster a culture that produces meaningful innovation, how to handle people and pitfalls on the path, and how to reframe your mindset to generate real, lasting value for business, non-profits, and social innovations. This book takes the best of Michael’s columns from GE Ideas Lab, Innovation Excellence, Upstart Business Journal, and the Memphis Daily News and presents years of hard-earned practical wisdom. Think go Going Electric as field notes from the trenches of more than 100 top companies and non-profits, all with a Southern drawl that inspires you in unsurprising ways, like Elvis.
Michael Graber is the founder and managing partner of the Southern Growth Studio, an innovation + strategy boutique in Memphis. Michael frequently publishes, speaks, and presents workshops on Innovation, Corporate Culture, Creativity, Business Model Strategy, and Leadership. When not he’s not working, you can find Michael playing music around his native Memphis, TN. Michael is also the author of the Last Real Medicine Show, a volume of poetry. -
Last Real Medicine Show
Turning Point Books
Blues-drenched dramatic monologues, exploded sonnets in the voice of a crooning supernova, cottonmouth attacks--welcome to Michael Graber's Memphis. This debut collection is made up of poems published in leading journals and anthologies, such as Painted Bride Quarterly, River City, and A Fine Madness.
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Meditations on the Divine Names of God
http://www.moonrisepress.com/divine.html
Three of my poems were published in the anthology Meditations on the Divine Names of God.
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Weekly Column on Innovation and Strategic Growth
Memphis Daily News/Innovation Excellence/INC. and other publications (GE Ideas Lab, Upstart Business Journal, Interactions, more)
Weekly column on Innovation, Design thinking, Branding, Strategic Growth, Culture, and Leadership, as well as other articles and publications.
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Memphis Innovation Bootcamp
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