Connecting the dots of life and business

If you work in an office or regularly have meetings, you’ve heard these overused terms. After an unbearable run of cliches in meetings, I offer you my top 5 (and a bonus at no charge). 1- Synergy 2- To build on that 3- Mission Critical 4- Put all the cards on the table (Open the [...]

After numerous discussions this week (it’s only Wednesday) with clients and friends, I recognized a recurring theme… we all accept average effort. For the purposes of this post, I’m naming this status quo behavior as a person, we’ll call Gene. (Disclaimer – If you or your relative’s name is Gene, please don’t take offense. I [...]

I’m not a developer. I have managed a team of developers, partnered with them and employed a few in previous ventures. One thing is certain, developers see the world differently than us “business types” and that can be a very good thing. Steve Johnson of Pragamatic Marketing‘s presentation (see below) at Business of Software offers [...]

As promised, I’ll try to keep posting fun things businesses are doing each Friday. Most of us ignore parking signs threatening to tow our cars. I really liked this Chili’s sign because they do need to keep spaces for carry out customers, but they have a little fun with their firm message. I’ve seen some [...]

Virtually everyday I hand out my business card to someone. Granted, I’m an admitted networker, see handing out my card as a great opportunity for a connection and I view my card as a strong marketing asset. Today, in the process of two meetings, I collected four new business cards. Three of those four were [...]

Most of the time we encounter organizations trying to be professional and quite frankly that can come off as stuffy and impersonal. While some folks don’t seem to know the difference between individuality and acting, looking or speaking as a responsible employee, I think there is HUGE opportunity in a company showing some personality. So, [...]