A Thanksgiving Bone to Chew On
Thanksgiving means family around the table, too much football, and too much food. We count the blessings of family and listen to stories...
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rick13714
- Nov 11, 2016
- 1 min
Driving Miss Entrepreneur
In Exit Planning: The Definitive Guide, John Brown, CEO of BEI, points out the value of becoming Miss Daisy. In 30 years of helping...
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rick13714
- Oct 13, 2016
- 1 min
What I learned from HGTV
I have come to realize that a new addition to my business is a fusion of my wife’s favorite HGTV shows. In part of my consulting...
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rick13714
- Dec 28, 2013
- 1 min
Mind Mapping – How To Plan and Shop at The Same Time!
The first step for me is always just mind mapping my thoughts. I try to combine reflection, direction, and brevity. I reflect on this...
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rick13714
- Nov 8, 2012
- 2 min
Business Funerals and Other Lean Thoughts
How did it get so big? A wonderful Methodist minister, John Ed Mathison, gave me the answer. They refused to hold any program funerals....
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rick13714
- Oct 10, 2012
- 2 min
Entrepreneurial Accountability
Here’s the irony. The best way to ensure success is by increasing your eyes and ears in the marketplace to counterbalance entrepreneurial...
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rick13714
- Apr 17, 2012
- 2 min
Learning to not Compete
As a former racing sailor, the analogy made sense. My first race in San Francisco Bay, in a competitive Soling fleet, found us tacking to...
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rick13714
- Apr 3, 2012
- 1 min
Went to a planning meeting and the plan broke out
Twenty business owners got to know each other and the networking and understanding was better than any business after hours I have...
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rick13714
- Mar 27, 2012
- 1 min
Feedback and Continuous Improvement
http://todaysleanmanufacturing.com/tlm-005-guest-interview-with-rick-miller-discussing-continuous-improvement-lean-and-kaizen/ Boy, was...
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rick13714
- Mar 8, 2012
- 3 min
If a new product falls in the forest….
Launching a new business, product, or service is both easier today and harder today for the same reason. In our tribe driven, niche...
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rick13714
- Mar 4, 2012
- 2 min
Metric Failures
KPI taught me a lesson I still apply today. The less you understand about a problem the more information you request. The more you know...
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rick13714
- Mar 1, 2012
- 2 min
Teaching the Teacher
The course offered through a community college failed to attract enough students to “make” its March schedule. Unlike businesses, schools...
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rick13714
- Feb 28, 2012
- 2 min
Optimistic Blind Spots
For all its wonderful attributes, optimism has its risks. Whether its running a business or a 10k, you need more than just fuel to...
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rick13714
- Feb 25, 2012
- 3 min
Talking Heads Change vs. Core Values
Running or swimming provides me a forum for thinking through nagging problems in my head. This morning the change vs core values issue...
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rick13714
- Feb 7, 2012
- 2 min
Marketing in the Bazaar World
Thinking about Godin’s “Weird” analogy and Friedman’s earlier book, From Beirut to Jerusalem, I had another weird thought. In comes the...
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rick13714
- Aug 24, 2011
- 3 min
Edwards Deming and the Family Business
I recently was turned on to a 1984 video by W. Edwards Deming, the guru of Japanese quality and innovation. In the Five Deadly Diseases...
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rick13714
- May 17, 2011
- 4 min
The Cart Before the Horse: When Not to Innovate
Innovation is hot. Everywhere is another book, publication, blog or daily tweet on the need to innovate, how to innovate, why to innovate...
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