Don’t Blame Labor
As we head into Labor Day, let me ask that we stop blaming the working people for all the woes of business.I’m sick of handing over our manufacturing base to China because our “labor costs are too high”. Nonsense. We are addicted to low...I’m Sick of Hearing This
Seth Godin wrote on July 25th, 2011:”The unhappy theory of business ethics is this: you have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize profit. Period. To do anything other than that is to cheat your investors. And in a competitive world, you don’t have much...How Much Will You Pay for Your Next Sale?
All sales, except perhaps a repeat from a loyal customer is bought. Your business pays for each and every sale. It might be advertising, special service, a discount, the website, a favorTry This at Your Next Business Meeting
I came across an article about created languages and it stimulated my thinking. There was one language based on simple symbols that represented concepts like a smile face for feeling happy. The main idea was to develop a means of universal communication. The...
Why Should Work Be Fun?
There is no reason that everyone at your business can’t be having fun doing their job. In the immortal words of Mary Poppins, “in every job that must done there is an element of fun.”