Setting Direction

If Your Mom Is Your Only Fan?

I can’t watch auditions for American Idol Have you ever sat and watched the auditions for American Idol? There are thousands of people that step up to the plate and […]

1% talk back

In Talk Radio less than 1% of listeners talk back. Translated, only 1% of your listeners will actually pick up the phone and engage in the dialogue with the show […]

@ Connecting and inventing

As you hear crickets chirp from me, here is who I’ve been connecting with and projects I’m working on…. @TierraPlan building optimization software together @sivers getting introduced @clayhebert comparing notes @rrsheff […]

Type A-The Solution

So some guy, some Type A, must have decided that he would combat his trajectory towards a heart attack by inventing one of these. The Treadmill Workstation. I am not […]

Automation is not a shortcut to solve problems

Are you aware that Automation can be short for more problems? Automating….. What is already broken or not working well will create a bigger mess. Will give you more insight […]

Non-Essential Personnel

On snowy weather days here on the Front Range of Colorado, it is not uncommon for our schools and offices to have a two hour delay added to the normal […]

Are We Any Good at What We do?

When I attended the Seth Godin Medicine Ball session last month, he asked a key question. As part of a three part triangular diagram, the questions were: Do you understand how things […]

Start Doing the Job You Wish You Had

There is only one you. I spoke with a friend this week that was recently hired as an Estate Manager in Beverly Hills, CA. He was responsible for hosting Hollywood’s […]

Twenty seconds of insane courage

In the movie We bought a Zoo-Matt Damon, there is a great scene where Matt Damon’s character is coaching his son on being insanely brave for 20 seconds. When considering […]

My boss does not inspire me

Here is what you tell yourself…. My boss does not inspire me. (In your mind this is the root problem). He/she does not motivate me or get me excited. (In […]