We are certainly in uncertain times. I enjoyed Mauldin's recent essay, "Who Took My Easy Button?" He shares some insightful information on the difficult and unyielding choices we face as a nation that have already played out in other countries like Greece and likely Italy.Another great capture … [Read more...]
Monday, January 30, 2012
Finding The Use Case
The shear volume of options available to us today is daunting. It's hard to imagine new products and services finding validity in many cases. On the other hand, inventors can get excited and focus too much on their breakthrough technology without figuring out how to monetize it.Ultimately, great … [Read more...]
Friday, December 2, 2011
Respect And Relationships
Respect is the lubricant of healthy relationships. Our relationships are fragile when there is little trust. Thus, we can be hypersensitive to disrespect. It can keep trust from ever developing and allow for healthy relationships.The give and take in a consulting client relationship is … [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...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Innovation Is Security
When the world we lived in was about production and efficiency, we could find security in being a little better than everyone else. We just had to focus on getting what was known done with quality and meeting expectations. In this, we had security. We enjoyed job security, long-term contracts, … [Read more...]
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Gaining Clarity From A Fresh Perspective
In working with clients I have often found problems hit roadblocks because of a lack of perspective. Being too close to a problem such as stunted business growth, poor sales strategy or low customer loyalty may be something that is hard to see.Our own blind spots can cause us to miss answers … [Read more...]
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
There Are Only Markets
"There are no products, there are only markets." - Peter Drucker, Management Thinker The way we approached things in the past are obsolescing. How we were educated, the jobs we assumed were there and the businesses which seemed lasting are being eradicated and morphed today. I believe it is a … [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...]
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Artists And Capitalists
For those that are creative artists, it is freeing and enjoyable to do work that you can practice your art in. The artist in us loves to delight the customer and get validation from our work in their emotional response. A job done with excellence and delivering the unexpected has this magical … [Read more...]
