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August 4, 2009 · 11:56 am

Got Ya!

This is not a political blog but from time to time we do find lessons in the world of politics which apply to business.  I’m saying this up front since the topic from which I’m pulling a lesson today – the whole Obama birth certificate controversy – is totally political and raises strong feelings on both sides.  Yet within the heated arguments is a truth which holds for either side. Continue reading →

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May 19, 2009 · 9:24 am

We Win

If it’s a win-win situation
Then why am I feelin’ so blue
You win, I win, we lose

Kenny Chesney

It’s always interested me when people talk about “win-win” deals. The reality is that most of the people I know mean “I get what I want and you don’t have to give up much more than you want to” when they use that term.  It strikes me that taken to an extreme, the notion of “I win, you win” got us to The Civil War, as the North ended slavery (win) and the South decided to go someplace where they could preserve it (win). Of course, the collective “we” lost. Continue reading →

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February 6, 2009 · 11:52 am

Ooops!

One of the changes in the air these days seems to be that people are taking responsibility for their screw-ups and apologizing.  I’m not talking about apologies of the lame “mistakes were made” sort.  Nope.  These are people who probably don’t have to apologize publicly given their stature but who are doing so very openly and very clearly: Continue reading →

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