Let’s have some fun. Grab a pen and some paper and draw a cup or a car or a house. Done? Great. There’s this term – canonical perspective. It comes out of some research first presented in 1981 by a guy named Palmer. The short version of what he did was to ask folks to draw him something and he found that most people drew the object from the same perspective – slightly above, looking down, and a bit off to either the left or right. Is that sort of what your drawing looks like? Well, this point of view has been dubbed the “canonical perspective” and it’s today’s business thought. Continue reading
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A Focus On What
The title of today’s screed isn’t a question – it’s a recommendation. It’s been my experience that we spend an awful lot of time paying attention to and arguing about the “how” and in the process we often lose sight of the “what.” Let me explain what I mean and then you guys can straighten me out. Continue reading
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The Cat and the Squirrel
I was out in the yard the other day when I heard this tremendous commotion down in the lower part of the yard. Turns out it was a cat chasing a squirrel. There’s a woman down the street who has a number of cats and they roam the neighborhood. Most are pretty ordinary except one has three legs and one is as black as great coffee. It was this black one I saw giving its all to catch the squirrel and of course the immediate thought I had, which pertains to cats and business, was what is it going to do when it catches it? Continue reading
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