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September 19, 2018

Revisiting an Old Friend – The Importance of Employees

I read a short article recently where the writer was describing his frustrating experience when making a food and beverage order, which he repeated twice,…

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September 17, 2018

When All Employees are on the Same Page…

At a meeting with a group of clients last week our presenter, my friend Hugh Blane, asked an interesting question – “Can every employee articulate…

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September 12, 2018

When Free is Best

We had just begun a multi-hour car trip, tuned the radio to XM’s Bruce Springsteen station, and they were starting a replay of one of…

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September 5, 2018

One Track Minds Means Inefficiency

I look across the lake (figuratively) at Seattle and its City Council. I see a bunch of single issue councilmembers with no big picture focus…

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August 29, 2018

Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot

We were trying to help a young friend of the family with his job search (before and after insisting he meet with Matt Youngquist at…

JohnM

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August 22, 2018

You’re Camping, You Don’t Need to Wear Underwear

We were fishing along the shore and came across the campsite of a group of early-teen canoeists who were just waking up and making breakfast.…

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August 15, 2018

Which Employee Would You Want?

A little after they opened at 9 am on the Friday before the July 4 weekend I went to get a haircut. I wasn’t the…

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August 8, 2018

Some Rules are More Important Than Others

I don’t know exactly what happened. I don’t know if it happened to a male or female. I do know that my wife nudged me…

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August 1, 2018

Innovation isn’t just in tech

When we think of innovation we think of the technology industry, don’t we? We tend to think of disrupters like Amazon, Google, Netflix, and others.…

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July 18, 2018

$3 Million or $3 Billion, the Fundamentals Matter

The May 21, 2018 Wall Street Journal had a special section titled, “C-Suite Strategies.” I found the interview with Hain Celestial (organic foods and teas)…

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Increasing Value

Revisiting an Old Friend – The Importance of Employees

When All Employees are on the Same Page…

When Free is Best

One Track Minds Means Inefficiency

Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot

You’re Camping, You Don’t Need to Wear Underwear

Which Employee Would You Want?

Some Rules are More Important Than Others

Innovation isn’t just in tech

$3 Million or $3 Billion, the Fundamentals Matter

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