What better food topic than the premiere of Top Chef for our Foodie Friday Fun? The power came back on in time for the show the other night (yay!) and in addition to some intriguing food there was a great business point made right off the bat. The competition began with far more than the usual 16 cooks and many of those who came to Texas thinking they were on the show were, in fact, fighting for one of those 16 slots. One competitor in particular stood out for all the wrong reasons, and it’s he who provided the business point I’d like to make today.
Category Archives: Reality checks
10 Ways To Be A Business Tool
This is not about being a “tool” in the utilitarian sense. This is for all the other kinds – as The Urban Dictionary says:
A person, typically male, who says or does things that cause you to give them a ‘what-are-you-even-doing-here’ look. The ‘what-are-you-even-doing-here’ look is classified by a glare in the tool’s direction and is usually accompanied by muttering of how big of a tool they are.
As a public service, here are ten ways I’ve found one can earn that classification from just about everyone in business. And yes, it was prompted by someone’s specific behavior recently but I’m not enough of a tool to ID them. Continue reading
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The Other Guy
The weekend brought snow and took away electricity. Unlike the power loss from Hurricane Irene, dealing with the cold is an issue here along with the inconvenience of working remotely. Then again, no trees fell on the house or car although we saw several that did just that as we drove around yesterday to a relative’s house for shelter. You feel for those people – it’s far easier for us to replace the food that will spoil than the roof or a car others will need to fix. Which of course got me thinking about something we sometimes neglect in business. Continue reading
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