October 5, 2013
Beware of Outside Feedback (It’s Probably Useless)
It's been a long time since I've experienced rain as we did at the University of Washington football game last Saturday. We were soaked under…
September 25, 2013
Bad Communication = Frustration
I’ve been going through the wonderful experience of applying for a Rotary matching grant, for our Antigua project, in a new system. I’ve been our…
September 18, 2013
Reputation – Precious, Fragile and Valuable
To the surprise of nobody who drives, J.D. Power and Associates released a study stating that Prius drivers are the worst drivers on the road.…
September 4, 2013
Don’t Bumble Like the French
Over one month in the summer of 1940 the German military forced the French to surrender. Most people would assume that the German’s had a…
August 28, 2013
Don’t Just Watch Football, Learn From It
While on vacation earlier this month, a good friend of ours got us field passes to watch the Green Bay Packers practice. It was a…
August 21, 2013
Adapt Like a Fox
We were visiting my mother-in-law in Milwaukee a week or so ago, on Sunday morning we got some coffee and walked to the lakefront where…
July 24, 2013
Sales 101 – Stay in Touch
I received a call from a salesperson at a company from whom I had requested information. We went over a few things, she answered some…
July 10, 2013
Do You Really Want My Business?
We had a problem with a DVD that’s part of an exercise program we use. While the company replaced it, I decided we didn’t want…
July 9, 2013
Grow Your Business – Increase Its Value
On June 28, 2013 the Puget Sound Business Journal published my column titled, "To make a company valuable, you need to help it grow." “So…
