November 22, 2012
Don’t Overcomplicate Things
I recently took a tour of the Lake Nokomis Cranberry Marsh (it's on the same lake as our family cabin). The operations manager told me…
November 19, 2012
Run Like a Jamaica
The 2012 London Olympics saw the tiny country of Jamaica (population of 2.7 million) dominate the sprint events. They took 10 of 14 possible medals,…
November 2, 2012
Bad Customer Service
My kids gave me an atomic clock from LaCrosse Technologies for my birthday last year. It started “eating” batteries, going through a battery every two…
October 31, 2012
There’s Never a Shortage of Ideas, Even Bad Ones
I opened an official looking letter the other day from “Corporate Records Service” that referenced my corporation’s annual minutes on the envelope. I was immediately…
October 30, 2012
The Waiting Game: Business, the Election and the Economy
I finally got around to reading a Puget Sound Business Journal column from a couple weeks ago that was titled: Small business in ‘maintenance mode’…
October 25, 2012
The Election and Small Business
The October 25, 2012 Wall Street Journal’s Small Business column was on how the presidential candidates are not addressing the issues that most concern business…
October 14, 2012
Are You Using Your Technology Or Is It Using You?
Over the last 18 years my use of the Internet at our family cabin has seen dramatic changes. Here’s some of the history: Go to…
October 12, 2012
Driving dark does not work – Even if you know where you want to go
Most everyone appreciates the importance of having a vision and clear goals. Unfortunately, they are not enough to get you where you want to go.…
October 11, 2012
Contradictory Behavior Doesn’t Cut It
I was enjoying dinner with an old friend (Bob) and somehow we got on a topic of people with contradictory behaviors. It seems we both…
