Blog
I have one strategy to deal with the new normal today. It is agility. It is the ability to change direction when the facts change. I don't rest my laurels on the new tool or software I set up today. I keep it on the witness stand, continually
Blog
There is this comfort trap out that can be seductive but misleading. If you think there is this place where you don't have to work and you can cruise, you will discover the law of entropy. Without energy, your work fades and dissipates. Furthermore, with a changing world,
Blog
Show me what you know and I will show you what you are worth. In this economy, if you don't know much or you only have common knowledge, then you get paid a little. Having special knowledge and developing high value knowledge correlates with your worth. I realize
Blog
Capitalists think about and know how to move an idea or a dream to something profitable. If you are not one by nature, you may need the help of a capitalist to get out of the rut you are in. To capitalize on an idea means having deal-making skills to
Blog
I know a lot of entrepreneurs and they are my favorite people to hang out with. We are kindred spirits in a lot of ways and we understand each other. One of the things that outsiders do not understand is the intense focus and commitment to an idea that is
Blog
The game changer is what can set you on a different trajectory altogether. It is essentially the one thing that matters most than doing the busy work each day. I like finding that one strategic decision or action that will make things different. It's the thing that will
Blog
You may have a great idea and want to act on it by putting forth lots of energy, money and risk to make your product successful. However, we live in a saturated world with too much rather than not enough. Your product is going to have to break through the
Blog
When things get complex, you can see many people shy away. It's hard work to push ourselves to learn something new or wrap our minds around complexity. For those in our talent economy that are looking for revenue opportunities, where complexity exists is the exact place to make
Blog
If we watch a guitarist at work, a decent musician might identify a few chords in a crowd pleasing solo, but putting a whole piece together in a performance may be daunting to imitate. Watching an entrepreneur put the pieces together for a business that connects with a market and
Blog
A lot of my work is helping business owners and organizations build and manage systems that help them sell more or go faster with less headache. Sometimes, I feel like the engineer who automated an assembly line and increased efficiency. Perhaps, my engineering background lends itself to a systems focus.
Blog
I have written a lot about entrepreneurship and how it is increasingly becoming the norm. The main reason is that companies are getting smaller, not bigger. We used to go to big companies because that is where the tools were to work and collaborate. Furthermore, our society was about mass
Blog
In the not too distant past I remember working at organizations where there truly was a paper trail. There were organized file cabinets and people to manage those files. The paper and the people were interconnected. For some it was a sort of job security. We didn't know