I used to love it when the phone would ring. It meant a change of pace and the chance to interact with someone. Or at least it used to. Now, more often than not, it means frustration or anger or both. No, the bill collectors aren’t on my case. Those calls might be an upgrade from the ones I do get. I don’t have an ex-wife so it’s not that either. No, these calls always begin the same way – “may I speak to the manager please.” Continue reading
Tag Archives: Consulting
One Hit In The Water
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I’m always looking for good business lessons in places I frequent on the Web. Hopefully that explains why, dear readers, you get an awful lot of golf and food references as we explore the world of doing smart business.
Today it’s golf and a lesson we can get from a post on Golf.com which provides a blog post that demonstrates how smart businesses operate. Unfortunately, it does so by showing us an example to the contrary. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Helpful Hints, Reality checks
Daylight Savings
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I don’t know about you, but this Daylight Savings time thing is brutal. My timing is all off. The dog, who has the most accurate and amazing internal clock I’ve ever seen, is confused and is demanding dinner an hour late. I’m staying up too late so the problem I’m having with the change is compounded. I mean it’s only an hour – like taking a business trip to Chicago, right? Wrong. Continue reading
Filed under Thinking Aloud, What's Going On
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