Thanksgiving means family around the table, too much football, and too much food. We count the blessings of family and listen to stories...

In Exit Planning: The Definitive Guide, John Brown, CEO of BEI, points out the value of becoming Miss Daisy. In 30 years of helping...

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...

The first step for me is always just mind mapping my thoughts. I try to combine reflection, direction, and brevity. I reflect on this...

How did it get so big? A wonderful Methodist minister, John Ed Mathison, gave me the answer. They refused to hold any program funerals....

Here’s the irony. The best way to ensure success is by increasing your eyes and ears in the marketplace to counterbalance entrepreneurial...

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...

Twenty business owners got to know each other and the networking and understanding was better than any business after hours I have...

http://todaysleanmanufacturing.com/tlm-005-guest-interview-with-rick-miller-discussing-continuous-improvement-lean-and-kaizen/ Boy, was...

Launching a new business, product, or service is both easier today and harder today for the same reason. In our tribe driven, niche...

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...

The course offered through a community college failed to attract enough students to “make” its March schedule. Unlike businesses, schools...

For all its wonderful attributes, optimism has its risks. Whether its running a business or a 10k, you need more than just fuel to...

Running or swimming provides me a forum for thinking through nagging problems in my head. This morning the change vs core values issue...

Thinking about Godin’s “Weird” analogy and Friedman’s earlier book, From Beirut to Jerusalem, I had another weird thought. In comes the...

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...

Innovation is hot. Everywhere is another book, publication, blog or daily tweet on the need to innovate, how to innovate, why to innovate...