The week of Thanksgiving, I was working on our Rotary project in Antigua, which will be in February 2019. It's the time of year for…
JohnMJanuary 16, 2019
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In the Seattle Times October 7, 2018 business section’s, “Speaking of Business” feature (a weekly roundup of quotes from the week’s most popular stories) were…
JohnMNovember 28, 2018
The title paraphrases a Wall Street Journal article from August 27, 2018 titled, “The Scan That Saved My Life.” The sub-title includes, “After years of…
JohnMNovember 26, 2018
Every summer we take a road trip. I’ve noticed motel prices going down over the last few years and it seems obvious why they’re doing…
JohnMNovember 10, 2018
I’m known in my family for constantly asking, “Why?” Others will say something about what they’re going to do, what they want to get, etc.…
JohnMNovember 7, 2018
When employees feed confident they'll quit their job to get another one. 2015-2018 employee quits are up 30% and it's why it's important to attract…
JohnMOctober 8, 2018
It’s football season and one of the lessons we can all learn from football teams is the importance of routines. Once the preseason games start…
JohnMOctober 3, 2018
I caught a small amount of the NFL Hall of Fame ceremonies on TV and was particularly drawn to Jerry Kramer’s acceptance speech. He mentioned…
JohnMSeptember 26, 2018
At a meeting with a group of clients last week our presenter, my friend Hugh Blane, asked an interesting question – “Can every employee articulate…
JohnMSeptember 17, 2018
We had just begun a multi-hour car trip, tuned the radio to XM’s Bruce Springsteen station, and they were starting a replay of one of…
JohnMSeptember 12, 2018
I look across the lake (figuratively) at Seattle and its City Council. I see a bunch of single issue councilmembers with no big picture focus…
JohnMSeptember 5, 2018
We were trying to help a young friend of the family with his job search (before and after insisting he meet with Matt Youngquist at…
JohnMAugust 29, 2018
We were fishing along the shore and came across the campsite of a group of early-teen canoeists who were just waking up and making breakfast.…
JohnMAugust 22, 2018
A little after they opened at 9 am on the Friday before the July 4 weekend I went to get a haircut. I wasn’t the…
JohnMAugust 15, 2018
I don’t know exactly what happened. I don’t know if it happened to a male or female. I do know that my wife nudged me…
JohnMAugust 8, 2018
When we think of innovation we think of the technology industry, don’t we? We tend to think of disrupters like Amazon, Google, Netflix, and others.…
JohnMAugust 1, 2018
The May 21, 2018 Wall Street Journal had a special section titled, “C-Suite Strategies.” I found the interview with Hain Celestial (organic foods and teas)…
JohnMJuly 18, 2018
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JohnMJuly 17, 2018
“Say goodbye to your bank teller and your insurance agent” is the opening line of a just released Fast Company article titled, “AI Could Kill…
JohnMJune 20, 2018
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