Tactical Positivity Lessons in Communication Styles With Greg Coticchia

Greg Coticchia is the CEO of Sopheon, a company that helps clients improve their enterprise innovation performance. Greg has decades of experience founding, leading, and driving revenue growth in technology and software companies in highly competitive markets. He has served as CEO, President, and COO at numerous companies and has been involved in or responsible for over 100 product and solution launches. Greg is the founding Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Master’s Program in Product Management. In this episode… What makes a great innovator or entrepreneur? How do they develop and form visionary ideas, overcome business challenges, and achieve their objectives? Great entrepreneurs are usually optimistic people who see opportunities even in difficult situations. They can see the positive in things but are also very good at seeing risk, mitigating the risk, and taking reasonable chances and risks. Leaders keep going despite all the challenges they face. Working and being excited about the vision keeps them focused and driven. If you're excited and having fun, you're probably in the right business, which makes it much easier to impart positivity to your team members. In this episode of the Skunkworks Podcast, Eric Bourget interviews Greg Coticchia, CEO of Sopheon, about his secret to tactical positivity. Greg shares his advice on coming up with great ideas, positive leadership, and why optimists are great at seeing opportunities.