I’ve been hearing an awful lot lately about how the recent election is going to bring in elected officials who are more “pro-business.” Most of the news reports mention some sort of lifting of consumer protections or deregulation. Now as you know we don’t do politics here but since the political stuff involves business, I’m considering it fair game, especially since it raises a big question in my mind as I listen to all the news reports. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Reality checks
Bank of America
There are a ton of stories this morning about how Bank of America is preparing to be “outed” by Wikileaks. You can run your own search for it or click on this one for an overview. Now, since we don’t do politics here I’m not going to riff on Wikileaks, freedom of the press, BofA, capitalism, or any of the inflammatory stuff that I’m not sure any of us are up for this early in the year. I do, however, have a business thought about this situation and I’d like to share it with you. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud, What's Going On
Faith
It’s Christmas Eve tonight, one of the big events on the Christian calendar. This, of course, got me thinking about faith. No, we’re not going to get into religion in this space – we avoid it as we do politics (didn’t anyone ever teach you those aren’t topics for polite conversation?). Instead, I want to tackle faith from a business perspective (and just maybe you’ll extend it elsewhere). Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 