The word ‘No’ gets a bad rap. Sure it has a negative connotation, arguably it’s the essence of negative, but there is a lot of power in a good ‘No’! The problem is that we’re innately wired to view ‘No’ as a problem – which means we don’t like saying it and we don’t like […]

In a recent meeting while discussing the challenges of satisfying demand in the midst of interrupted supply chains, shortages of labor, and input costs that are anything but stable, the board president reminded the group of the Cheetah… The Cheetah is the fastest animal on the planet.  It has been clocked at speeds of 75 […]

Every business likes to think they have it.   Staples has made a fortune selling them.  Consumers are demanding it.  The easy button; it’s hard to believe but it’s been nearly 15 years since Staples first introduced that big red button as a fun, clever way to say, “relax we got this” when you shop at […]

It’s here, the New Year, the dawn of new decade, a fresh start.  Are you ready?  We’ve all made our 2020 iteration of New Year’s Resolutions, though by now some of them have already been broken.   None the less, resolutions are a time of renewal and recommitment that’s associated with the 1st of every year […]

At some point you’ve probably experienced sore muscles. Maybe it was the first time you hit the weights after a long break or you decided to run a couple miles on a whim, when you’ve mostly been running to the refrigerator for the last 6 months!  One of the surest ways to wake up your […]

Maybe it just goes with this time of the year; businesses are reflecting on their year and planning for the next.  Companies are making assessments on all sorts of things, their product offerings, their current employee teams, if they have people in the right seats, what’s good, what’s bad, or what needs improvement?   And as […]