Steven L. Blue

Steven L. Blue is President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity, has published five books that teach senior leaders and CEOs how to increase profit, take market share, and destroy competition and serves as CEO-in-Residence at Winona State University.

His third book was co-authored by Jack Canfield and was an immediate best-seller. His most recent book, Metamorphosis: From Rust-Belt to High-Technology in a 21st Century World, details exactly how any low technology company can enter the world of high technology and high-profit products. He created and authored the League of Extraordinary CEO series, a monthly CEO advice column in the American City Business Journals.

He is a highly-acclaimed keynote speaker. He has addressed audiences at Harvard Business School, The United Nations, Carnegie Hall, The Safe America Foundation, Industry Week, The World Safe Summit, CEO Clubs International and Medtronic Corporation.

Steven L. Blue is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Connect with him through LinkedIn. For more information, visit the author’s website.

Tech and Innovation

The Four Worst Business-Killing Beliefs

Tech and InnovationSteven L. Blue

What you believe is what you get. What you believe about your business becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. You act toward what you believe. You don’t act on or ignore what you don’t believe. What do you believe about your business? Do you believe the party will go on? Do you...

Executive Insider

Just Because You Can Take Business Doesn’t Mean You Should

Executive InsiderSteven L. Blue

A company I am familiar with recently went bankrupt. It had a good business model. It was a leader in a growing need in a niche market. It had done all the right things. The company did everything right from a strategic point of view. The business was out there...

Special Reports

Building Your CEO Career The Hard Way: And Why You Should Want To

Special ReportsSteven L. Blue

I am often asked how I got to be a CEO. It seems like a simple question. And in a sense, it is. Most people who ask are looking for a simple answer. Most people who ask are hoping for a few things that I did, so that they can...

CEO Insights

The Pandemic Isn’t The Last Disruptor You Will Face: How To Get Ready For The Next One

CEO InsightsSteven L. Blue

If your company was lucky enough to survive the pandemic, you probably breathed a big sigh of relief. But if luck is what got you through, you are not out of the woods yet. Luck is not a strategy. Luck is not what will get you through the next time....

Education and Career

No More Mr. Nice Guy! Stop Dysfunction to Build a World-Class Team

Education and CareerSteven L. Blue

When you stop and think about it, what advantage do you have over your competitors? They can purchase the precise equipment that you can. They can copy your sales structure, marketing strategy, and pricing sheet. Once patents expire, they can even duplicate your designs. But the one thing they can’t...

Education and Career

The CEO’s Field Guide to Surviving the Next Recession

Education and CareerSteven L. Blue

The recession of 2007-2009 caught many CEOs off guard. They weren’t prepared for it and they didn’t know how to manage through it. That is because they denied the existence of the impending crisis, and they had no experience in running a business during a recession. Their only experience and...

Steven L. Blue

The Four Worst Business-Killing Beliefs

Just Because You Can Take Business Doesn’t Mean You Should

Building Your CEO Career The Hard Way: And Why You Should Want To

The Pandemic Isn’t The Last Disruptor You Will Face: How To Get Ready For The Next One

No More Mr. Nice Guy! Stop Dysfunction to Build a World-Class Team

The CEO’s Field Guide to Surviving the Next Recession

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