The Key to Ethical, Sane Behavior
Your little voice may have all the answers you need.
Have you ever wondered how certain corrupt businesspeople can keep spouting great, moral words while doing the exact opposite in their behavior? You wonder how they can wax eloquent about the need to give customers high-quality products while they happily substitute […]

Maybe you’ve been successfully brainwashed and just don’t know it. How would you? …

Update Your User Experience…
Your survival could depend on it!
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Are you up to date with your user experience? I have been coveting my friend’s iPhone. It is true I have both a Palm Pilot and a Blackberry but the iPhone is getting more […]

Happy or Successful
Which will you pursue?
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On a recent birthday I was looking back at the strategies that my friends from high school and college and I employed to get where we are today. We assumed that […]

Just Flip a Coin Instead
Sometimes decisions aren’t worth the cost of deciding
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Is Counting the Root of All Evil?
Stever’s October 2007 Newsletter
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The love of money isn’t the root of all evil; arithmetic is the root of all evil. More specifically, counting.
Don’t get me wrong; counting was a wonderful invention. It has its uses. We can keep track of […]

Is “nice” good business or just wishful thinking?
September 2007 Newsletter
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I’d like to share with you a LinkedIn exchange I had on the topic of whether Being Nice is a good business strategy.
Questioner Is there power in being nice, with people in general or as a management tool? […]

Are you as good at recruiting as you are at sales?
August 2007 Newsletter
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We say people are our greatest resource. And Dilbert’s boss points out, “resources are our greatest asset.” But most companies put huge effort into attracting and retaining customers, and much less into attracting and […]

Overcoming your own change resistance
Some change resistance is good. How about yours?
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Q: I am change-resistant. I know it, but it doesn’t help. Once I’ve decided to change something, I enjoy the challenge. But I often resist with “it won’t work because…” How do I know […]

What is strategic thinking, as opposed to tactical thinking? You know you’re talking strategy when your topics include…

The Joys of Overhead
Why Overhead isn’t necessarily bad.
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I never thought I’d be able to grow up and say, “Mom, I’m not just a productive businessperson, I’m overhead!” Many people think overhead is a bad thing. Well, maybe. Maybe not. Overhead’s an essential part of business.
Overhead is […]

We’re great at making things hard when they don’t need to be. Now, let’s start making things easier…

Innovate, Compete, Win.
Just be prepared to get your belly button pierced…

No one should take themselves so seriously
With many years ahead to fall in line
Why would you wish that on me?
I never want to act my age
What’s my age again?
What’s my age again?
   ——Blink 182, “What’s my age again?”

Heck, everyone’s saying we must innovate to stay a […]