A Mixed Bag of Metaphors

What’s the oulook of your crop?   Is the direction of your business set by a surgeon? Fire him and get a farmer.   Anyone who has had a doctor explain a medical condition to them almost always follows up with the request for a plain...

A Pair o’ Docs

Two physicians are not a paradox.   I would like to point out some interesting pardoxes.   From reading my Blog, you know I consult to businesses. In my years of working with hundreds of companies, I’ve discovered some disturbing patterns. These...

How to Start a Training Program

Don’t start your training program in the training room.   Suppose you notice that your employees could be doing things more professionally. You notice emails with missing contact information or Excel files that cut off the end columns when printed. Perhaps...

Creative Genius

Maybe we should all put a few 10 year olds on staff?   Pictured at left is Ian Culhane, age 10. Ian used 6,000 pieces from his K’NEX building collection to build a roller coaster in the shape of a dragon.   He just thought it up and made it. He...