Starbucks strikes back against “theft”
photo credit: paintMonkey http://www.theswom.org/profiles/blogs/starbucks-is-ready-to-tell It’s a nicely done video with just a small rough spot here and there. I like how Howard thanks his staff....
View ArticleWonder if the coffin hinges squeaked?
photo credit: mhoey Wednesday, MSNBC reported that John Barry, the former CEO of WD-40 company had recently passed on. Normally, I don’t spend a lot of time reading obits, but something made me...
View ArticleIs it the recession or is it you?
photo credit: TheGiantVermin Normally I don’t do two guest posts in the same weekend from the same person, but Lisa Barone’s “It’s not the recession, you just suck” resonates with a number of things...
View ArticleLooking up at an ugly linebacker
Competition. It isn’t good or bad, it just is. You either are or you aren’t competitive. Thankfully, it’s something you might even be able to learn, at least somewhat. On the other hand, it’s hard to...
View ArticleEarn trust or destroy it? Your choice
photo credit: aturkus Millions of people depend on Gmail. Sometimes it goes down unexpectedly. Not long ago, people all over the world were “freaking out” and saying the F word (“Fail”) because Gmail...
View ArticleSmart companies and the post-crisis consumer
What if you did the right things and the smart things years before most of your competitors did? Wouldn’t that make life easier? John Gerzema talks at TEDxKC about the post-crisis consumer (16m 34s),...
View ArticleAre you using your white hair too?
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos In the days before 9/11, our local airport (Glacier International aka FCA) had a mix of mostly Boeing 737/727, prop and regional jet traffic. Since 9/11, most of our...
View ArticleDo you manage perception or reality?
This “Sorry” image is what you see on YouTube when you’re prevented from viewing a video because the uploader decided not to make their content available in your country. In this case, the video was a...
View ArticleBusiness culture: Reflected by daily conversation
There are a few commonly-used phrases in business conversation that raise the hair on my neck. Here are three of my favorites, along with one (‘innovation’) that we hear bandied about in the tech press...
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