House on Fire

by | Nov 28, 2007 | Business

Where’s the fire?   I remember when that question, “where’s the fire?” used to be a sort of humorous reference to someone in a hurry.   Over the past few years I’ve seen a general slow down in both thinking and action to the...

Put Those Reports to Good Use!

by | Nov 23, 2007 | Business

Not all data are information but some make great packing material.   Computers let us keep track of too much unnecessary junk. Because computers produce volumes of neatly formatted, important-looking reports we feel an obligation to study the...

Business Success Really IS About Courage

by | Nov 15, 2007 | Business

    Do YOU get it?   You need a lot of courage to succeed in business. CEOs and managers think courage is about taking risks, but it’s not. They think spending a huge sum on an advertising campaign is showing courage. That’s not courage....

Plan for Recession Success

by | Nov 14, 2007 | Business

Is your business really okay?   You own your own business. The first (among the first) question someone asks you is, “how many people do you have working for you?” People ask me that all the time. Isn’t that sort of primitive? Like, “he...

Row Row Row Your Boat

by | Nov 9, 2007 | Business

Two heads are not better than one.   Teams are lousy problem solvers. Have you ever watched Donald Trump’s TV program where he gets groups of Harvard grads and sends them out to see which team can sell the most cupcakes? Then he fires somebody for...