Start, Stop, Continue

Start, Stop, Continue

 There is a great approach to this that helps facilitate your own thought process as well as discussion with others about how to learn from the past while planning for the future. I first became acquainted with this exercise in a much different context than...
It’s Not What You Think, But How

It’s Not What You Think, But How

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Helen Keller While the word is probably on many lists of business buzzwords that need to go away,  we use it very intentionally.  As a small company, it is important that we can work well – meaning,...
The Meaning of Significance

The Meaning of Significance

That first “real job” offer?  If you’re a parent, maybe the day(s) your child(ren) were born?  And unfortunately, these significant moments aren’t always positive, so maybe it was the death of a parent?  Or the day your divorce was final?  Whatever life event, I...
Getting Away: 5 Reasons to Take a Break

Getting Away: 5 Reasons to Take a Break

“When Mozart was composing at the end of the eighteenth century, the city of Vienna was so quiet that fire alarms could be given verbally, by a shouting watchman mounted on top of St. Stefan’s Cathedral.  In twentieth-century society, the noise level is...
Using Moneyball Principles

Using Moneyball Principles

Using Moneyball Principles to Discover the (Real) Problem “With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. Johnny Weissmuller   …you could probably be doing a better job, but you just haven’t cracked the code...