How NOT to Conduct a Business Conversation

by | Aug 20, 2009 | Business

If you would like to impress, really impress, your prospects and clients, listen to them.Never start a conversation with the click of a stop-watch: “I have 10 minutes and then I have to be at a meeting, how can I help you?” Bad. “I have to be in a...

Confusion and Turmoil

by | Aug 16, 2009 | Business

Introduce confusion and with it comes turmoil.Health care debate.Obama insists he wants to fix a broken system. We hear about 50 million uninsured people. We hear about people losing their insurance when they lose their job. We hear about people who can’t get...

Better?

by | Aug 12, 2009 | Business

Quick.Name one thing better today at your business or organization than yesterday.Can’t?Why?Every day I look for something to improve. I can tune the website. I can call a valued client. I can design a post card. I can modify a file as in ‘improve a...

Wave Particle Duality

by | Aug 6, 2009 | Business

Light has what we call in physics, wave particle duality. This is very interesting because it defies the laws of classical Newtonian physics. Waves can move particles or travel on particles but not BE particles. Thus, light being both a particle and a wave makes it...

Mixed Message or Eat Here, Get Gas

by | Aug 4, 2009 | Business

Quick question. Where are you most likely to get a good sandwich, a deli or a gas station?Next question. Where are you most likely to get a really bad sandwich, a deli or a gas station?Are you going to find the best furniture in a store that also sells shirts and lawn...

Are You Working on Ver 2.SIMPLE?

by | Jul 22, 2009 | Business

Our economy shrunk in the past few months. The mighty shoes the U.S. once filled are now just a size too big. We’ll wear thicker socks to compensate and for a while, until the next time we buy shoes, few will notice the change. I don’t write this stuff to...