I’m fascinated by the obsession some folks have with dashboards. Not the kind you find when you climb behind the wheel of a car. Those are way too simple for some folks. Nope. I mean the business dashboards some folks stare at trying to make sense of what’s going on in their business. Some of them have graphs, dials, and, in the words of Arlo Guthrie, twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to figure out if things were going as planned. Data or information? You just know they’re not the same. Continue reading
Category Archives: Consulting
Brain Surgery
Friday at last, and with it some food-related thinking. There’s a new study out from the Harris folks which, in their words says that
Amateur chef shows abound and huge numbers watch, thinking – “Wow that looks easy. I could probably do that as well.” But how many Americans actually watch these programs? And just who are there favorite TV chefs?
I think the results give us a business thought as well. But then again, don’t I always find those thoughts in weird places? Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Reality checks
Do Yourself A Favor
It was yet another innocuous piece of LinkedIn group spam – you probably get them in your in-box all the time as well. Unlike most of the others I get on a regular basis, this one really caught my eye and I read it over a few times to make sure I hadn’t misread it. Unfortunately for the author , I hadn’t. But I did get a good laugh out of it and maybe you will too. Maybe you’ll also do yourself a favor and learn from it. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Helpful Hints
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