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It's hard to do business with people that are disorganized. And the truth is that we have an enormous amount of options in this economy to find alternatives. Everyone is trying to get something done and we rely on others in communications and actions to move along the
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If you are sitting comfortably, there's not much incentive to improve your systems. However, disruptors such as technology, competition and atrophy (i.e., Groupon), may force your hand to get your systems more efficient. I've been sharing out various books around the area of business growth
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New Years always feels so fresh with anticipation. We close the books for the previous year and reconnected with friends and family over the holidays. Then there is this new outlook of opportunities. Exciting. I am thinking about a lot of different fronts for growth, as are many people I
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DHH, Basecamp As we are closing the year, I do want to encourage readers and clients, as I have for many years, to give up the grind. Most things simply don't matter. They don't move the needle of your life towards results that make a meaningful
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My days, like many of yours, are jammed with demands that relentlessly pull at me. It's not hard to simply jump into the chaos and push forward on every front. It can feel productive, but often times it is simply reactive. And, if I'm not careful,
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It is truly dizzying to work in the connected economy. Information is swirling and so easy to create, distribute and push around. Most people did not go to classes on how to do project work or collaborate like a master. No, the world simply moves and we self-select in our
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Moving the needle becomes quite a challenge for everyone these days. When we are drowning in a sea of information, it's hard to decipher what work is contributing to the bottom line and what is simply wasteful and busy activity. I usually have a nagging sense of dissatisfaction
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I have a lot of fun every day designing things to work in reality. Researching, pulling technology together and finding talent to execute is something I have done for many years, and it is still gratifying to watch a system, process and team work. I don't know, perhaps
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Most of the people I know are in a daze. Life is simply overwhelming. Sure, we have revolutionary technology that increases our productivity. However, are we really more productive? We can push more information and work around like never before. But much of what is being pushed around is noise.
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It is true that when we find ourselves in a hole, the first thing we should do is stop digging. Sometimes that pull to keep digging or keep trying harder can overwhelm our sensibilities. Instead of being smarter, we simply add horsepower and determination. It's a terrible idea.
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I saw this recent statistic to date for number of apps for my Apple devices at 2.2 million and 2.8 million for Google Play! It blows my mind how much technology is available for every average person out there with a thought and a click. We got here
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We had this age of efficiency and continuous improvement for a long time. When the Japanese were destroying us in the auto industry with better quality cars we buckled down and hyper focused on quality. It worked. ISO standards, Deming Cycles and Six Sigma drove quality to new standards, and