It’s Friday so we’re back to food! Today’s discussion is how one cooking term can mean something totally different to two different people, a lesson which, of course, I think extends to business as well. I had a chat the other day with someone about cooking a particular dish and they referred to it as “barbecued”. I asked them what they meant because that’s one of those nebulous terms that can mean any of several things depending on the speaker’s point of reference. Continue reading
Tag Archives: management
31!
Today marks our 31st wedding anniversary. I’m proud of lots of things I’ve accomplished, but staying together with the same partner for 31 years is pretty near the top of the list. Looking back, I was just about as old as our eldest daughter is now when I got married and she’s way too young even to be thinking about it (you reading this honey?). Our friends, most of whom have married and divorced, said it wouldn’t last. Ha! Of course, I also draw a lot of comparisons between a successful marriage and a successful business. Continue reading
Filed under Growing up, Helpful Hints, Reality checks
Mentors
I got word yesterday of the passing of Mark Mandala. For most of you, the name isn’t familiar. For those of you who worked at ABC in the late 1970’s through the early 1990’s, Mark was an unforgettable character. He could be loud, rude, inappropriate (even by the way less PC standards of those days), and scary. Most of the time, he was brilliant, hysterically funny, and a damn fine executive who began to guide ABC through the changes in network TV that began then as cable TV (“who is going to pay for TV – that’s nuts?) became more prevalent. Continue reading
Filed under Growing up, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 