My four-year-old iMac was being very sluggish so I took it in to Apple’s Genius Bar (a great concept, bring in any Apple device and…
JohnMApril 6, 2017
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Tom Douglas is perhaps Seattle’s most famous chef/restaurateur with 900 employees and 19 establishments, all within a 10-block radius of his original restaurant, the Dahlia…
JohnMMarch 28, 2017
I heard an interesting tidbit on the radio recently. The story was how many shopping malls are banning teenagers who are at the mall without…
JohnMFebruary 27, 2017
I was looking through a folder of articles I’ve cut from papers and magazines (and printed from online sites) and noticed some on selling. Not…
JohnMFebruary 17, 2017
The compendium of technology. On one end one of the young tech writers for the Wall Street Journal always writes about how she wants an…
JohnMFebruary 8, 2017
“Restaurants Burned by Oversupply” is the Business section headline from the October 17, 2016 Wall Street Journal. The visual is a (Halloween themed) cemetery with…
JohnMJanuary 20, 2017
For years I’ve loved listening to Car Talk on NPR, even now when it’s in a “best of” mode given one of the brothers died.…
JohnMJanuary 11, 2017
I met with a group of clients in early November to “check-in’ as we head to the end of the year. The usual issues involve…
JohnMJanuary 8, 2017
On September 27, 2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, “Doctors Give Pre-Surgery Orders to Get in Shape.” The first sentence is, “Are…
JohnMJanuary 6, 2017
Our son-in-law is a big city police officer (not Seattle) and recently was involved in a situation that will never make the news. He was…
JohnMNovember 16, 2016
In my last post I wrote about how teams are critical to success in sports, business, and actually other activities, and how individuals determine the success…
JohnMNovember 10, 2016
The NFL season started last Thursday and a quick review of multiple games synopsis along with seeing some highlights showed 11 of the 14 games…
JohnMNovember 3, 2016
At least two to three times a week I get an email from some company telling me how their telephone outreach services can help me…
JohnMOctober 21, 2016
Almost daily we take our dogs for a walk. Meandering through the woods and a mixture of neighborhoods, depending on the route we take, we…
JohnMOctober 11, 2016
In his book, “Originals,” (Penguin Random House, 2016) Adam Grant’s Chapter Two, Blind Inventors and One-Eyed Investors, discusses how misguided certain opinions can be. Two…
JohnMOctober 10, 2016
When visiting my mother-in-law, we stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel. As we went to put things in the safe it wouldn't open. It was locked.…
JohnMSeptember 14, 2016
On Friday, July 15, 2016 the Wall Street Journal had an article titled, "Surprise: The Economy Is Looking Much Better; Citigroups U.S. Economic Surprise Index is at…
JohnMSeptember 8, 2016
Want to run your company the wrong way? Do nothing more than emulate the major political parties. They sure seem to have a lock on…
JohnMSeptember 2, 2016
We made eight new friends at our cabin this summer. And just like people, the more favors you offer the more loyal your friends are.…
JohnMAugust 27, 2016
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