October 16, 2020
Change Must Come from Within
It’s no secret the Seattle City Council makes good old-fashioned liberal Democrats look like the old John Birch Society or the Tea Party. So when…
October 7, 2020
Passion Needs Planning
Over the summer, California experienced electricity brownouts and power outages when demand peaked. The reported reason why is because the State forced power companies to…
August 26, 2020
Pivoting Isn’t Just for Basketball Players
Basketball players pivot on one foot so they can move their body around to see in all directions. But if they lift up their pivot…
August 19, 2020
Zooming Around
What have you learned from four months of intense Zoom, Teams, WebEx, Google Meetup, Amazon Chime, and other online meetings? Here are my thoughts. Positives…
August 4, 2020
Frustration Abounds
People are stressed. Covid has us wondering, frustrated, concerned, and for some, scared. And it boils over into passive-aggressive, snotty, and even mean behavior. And…
July 29, 2020
Isolated Information May Equal Trouble
Some recent events have reinforced my belief that singular information can easily lead to the wrong conclusion. We see this in the news. A police…
July 15, 2020
Time for Thinking
Recent weeks and months have been traumatic. In business June was the quietest for us in three months. As quiet to the first couple weeks…
July 1, 2020
Don’t Assume a Universal Based on Your Situation
I was on an online discussion event recently when a lady said (and I summarize), “Nobody will want a car anymore because we’ve shown we…
June 5, 2020
Make a Decision
One could write a long essay on businesses lessons from the virus crisis, there are so many, both good and bad. One of the top…
June 3, 2020
Deficits and Protection
The May 5, 2020 of the Wall Street Journal was, not unexpectedly, filled with articles on the virus. The ones standing out were the headlines…