I recently helped a friend develop the brand for his new business. With 35 years in the construction and insurance industries, he didn’t need any help identifying ways to serve Clients (ie, make money). He did… Read More ›
Month: May 2014
Are you missing the Olympic College Football Playoff?
It’s here. It’s finally here. In 223 days, we will finally crown a true college football champion… by teams actually playing each other. (Well, 4 of them, at least.) Every professional sport crowns a champion via playoff… Read More ›
The Boba Fett Law of Leadership.
29. Only 29. That’s the number of words Boba Fett says in the original Star Wars trilogy. Yet Mr. Fett is one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars pantheon. In fact, BF is… Read More ›
How to make safety profitable.
Uncertainty is expensive. When construction workers are uncertain how to perform safely, they either work slowly or get hurt. Often both. Rarely neither. When estimators are uncertain how to price the work, they either… Read More ›
The only 2 ways to improve performance.
Training. Motivation. These are the only 2 ways to improve performance. I didn’t make this observation, Andy Grove, the former CEO of Intel did. While few leaders and managers ever publicly denounce Training or Motivation,… Read More ›
Why Rosetta Stone is a 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew.
I fell off the wagon last Friday. I bought (and drank) a 20-ounce bottle of Mountain Dew. Part of my New Year’s Resolution was to undo my addiction to Dew. (Not that there’s anything wrong with Dew… other… Read More ›
TeenWolf Wisdom: 3 Rules to live by…
A couple times each month I watch a classic film with my 7-year-old son. This past week we watched TeenWolf starring Michael J. Fox. Aside from a colossal misunderstanding of the rules governing basketball play, this may be… Read More ›
