Pulse Legacy Archive December 2012 | Page 42

December_Pulse12 11/14/12 4:19 PM Page 40 INSPIRING MOMENTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 38) Great by Choice. Co-author of Great by Choice and Opening General Session keynote speaker Jim Collins challenged attendees to innovate, yet change slowly. “First fire bullets, then fire cannonballs,” he said. He also stressed that innovation by itself does not guarantee greatness. “The real key is to blend creativity with discipline.” @ElysianChiSpa Top moments at @ISPAConference: keynote by Jim Collins (Good to Great), and meeting so many @WaldorfAstoria/@HiltonWorldwide spa directors. Drive Innovation. “Your number one job is to question your assumptions. Just because you do it with a hammer, don’t assume that everything is a nail,” advised keynote speaker Peter Sheahan who had the audience thinking of bold ideas for their spas and business. @MaryFBemisNice: ISPA planting tree for every attendee this year. 2,000 plus to be planted globally. #ispa2012 Project: INFUSE. As part of this year’s Project: INFUSE Session, attendees had their choice of three different but equally engaging sessions. In one of the sessions called IGNiTE by Danny Levin, attendees felt it “hit home.” 40 PULSE ■ December 2012