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What I Learned Vacationing in National Parks

Driving into Las Vegas to catch our return flight was shock therapy to get my head out of vistas and back toward the “real” world. If...

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...

A Balanced Life and Steve Jobs

I just finished reading Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography. Having lived in California is the 70’s and 80’s I found his covering of...

Business Coaching, Who needs it!

Why is something that is so obvious so hard to grasp sometimes? When I mentioned casually to group of friends watching a golf tournament...

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...

Team Chemistry – What Is It and How Do I Get It?

Today Auburn is the #1 team in the BCS football poll. Two years ago they had a losing season; last year they started strong then faded in...

When to Innovate or Where Is My Running Shirt?

After reading the June 2010 Success Magazine on Innovation, I’ve been thinking about innovation and how it relates to people,...