You hear the phrase about someone being a “choker” every once in a while. It’s a negative term meaning that the person had victory within their grasp but let it slip away or that someone performs well most of the time but cracks when facing the pressure of an important event. It happened this weekend in professional golf and you see it in other sports as well as in business. Oh sure, sometimes a great performance by a competitor steps up and beats you even when you play well but much of the time, in sports and in business, the person not finishing first wasn’t ready to win. Continue reading
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How It’s Made
One of my favorite Canadian imports – besides hockey and Neil Young – is a quirky show called “How It’s Made.” You can see it on The Science Channel. Basically it shows you how lots of things both common and uncommon are created. Because today is Foodie Friday, and the Fourth of July, I’m embedding the clip on how hot dogs are made:
Yummy! You can find lots of clips on the show’s site.
But I’ll also ask you to think about a business question – do you have any sense of how the things your business produces are made? I mean, how well do you really understand the people and processes that are responsible for your economic health? I always felt like I should know enough about each person’s job so that I could provide guidance by asking good questions. That doesn’t mean I could, or wanted to, do their jobs. But I could do mine, which was to help them do theirs.
But enough business – on to a great holiday weekend!
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An Understanding
Like many of you I’m glued to the World Cup. Despite some horrible officiating and the US’ exit over the weekend, I still think it’s the greatest sporting event on the planet. It’s great to see that others around the last great nation to get on the football train are waking up to the world’s game.
As with any sports, soccer has its own language which may be a bit indecipherable to the new audience. Touch line, bi-line, a clock that’s not really the clock – all of these things may take a bit of translation. There’s also a term you may have heard in passing and it’s that one from which we get today’s business lesson. Continue reading
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