If you aim for nothing, you will hit it every time. There can always be improvement and better results in your business, especially with the frequency and speed of change impacting every industry today. The way buyers are making choices, engaging content and making purchases has a lot of moving … [Read more...]
Monday, December 19, 2011
The Productive Week
Over the years, I have learned to focus on the short-term to build long-term success. Some of the productivity systems out there that tout goal setting far off in the future can end up in discouragement. Life is moving too fast and there are too many variables which we cannot control. You may not … [Read more...]
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Build Something: Integrate Technologies For Agility
Building something from scratch used to be necessary. When mass production and interchangeable parts took root and the industrial age was spawned, we integrated hardware. This was an effective way to get to the goal instead of fretting about each nut, bolt and circuit.We moved this thinking … [Read more...]
Monday, October 31, 2011
5 Productivity Tips I Do Daily
I have a lot of fun advising businesses and implementing systems for growing a business. I have to do what I preach to make it valid and help organizations buy into a better reality. There are some things I take for granted because they are habits. They are habits I worked hard at, but as with … [Read more...]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Managing Talent Around The Goal
One of the biggest headaches I hear from the business owners I work with is around managing talent. Building effective systems can do wonders for a business. For one, it creates predictability. For another, it can keep headcount low, a major cost factor.However, we need people to get … [Read more...]
Thursday, September 29, 2011
When You Find A Market
I enjoy working with entrepreneurs from many different markets. The enthusiasm, energy and opportunity to build something makes for very fulfilling work.Typically, the hardest part is finding a good market. Today, markets are emerging rapidly and others are dying quickly. The onslaught of … [Read more...]
Monday, August 8, 2011
Simplifying Business Systems
Your business systems are your business and the degree to which you can design and engineer how they work will determine your ability to grow. In the past, many systems had to be built with complex coding for highly specific requirements. They were brittle. If you changed a requirement, then … [Read more...]
