Author Stephen King once wrote, “Sooner or later, everything old is new again.” While King might have stated this in regard to writing his books that have kept many of us awake at night, the statement is relevant to many things outside of King’s writing. What...
Here are three words associated with this unusual experience of working from home (or living at work). Isolation, stress, ambiguity. They are our daily companions as we do our jobs. My job is getting clients back on the road to profitability, and central to that is...
It started when my mom slipped last week and broke some bones in her shoulder. Ouch! So now I’m getting on a plane to Atlanta. Whenever I travel somewhere, I naturally think of the business prospects I could visit as part of my trip, so I...
A surprising business lesson on a Minneapolis Police car door Have you ever looked at a Minneapolis Police Department vehicle? You certainly have seen a lot of them recently. Here’s something you probably didn’t notice… If you look closely – really closely – you’ll see some words written...
So it appears most of us have survived the endurance portion of the current crisis. Now it’s time for the sprint. As we begin to see things “opening up” it’s now time to prepare for what’s ahead, even though “what’s ahead” may not be clear. TIME IS RUNNING...
The Future is here. Let’s get started. The wait is over. Welcome to the new (emerging) normal. It feels like last week we reached a pivotal point in our Corollercoaster ride – when we started to see what working in this “new world” will look like. Last week...
What I learned about marketing during a pandemic from Dylan Thomas, et al Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Let’s look the big ugly one square in the eye – we’re in the middle of a big...
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” ― Yogi Berra You may not have time to think about the future now – you’re too focused on adjusting to the present. That’s understandable. Some companies are caught not knowing what the future will look like. They are waiting “until the dust...
Where were you on 9-11? Despite that date being roughly 6,800 days ago, it’s likely that you also remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard of the attacks. And it’s almost certain that you have no memory of the day before. That’s because...
For most of us, this is not our first rodeo. We’ve all survived 9/11 and the Great Recession and we will survive COVID-19. Each of these events presented its own challenges. As the calamities before, this new crisis will result in significant changes; personally, professionally, and globally. We...