Management science and technology have combined to produce a “mega change

” in stereo.  Adaptations of digital technology allow us to:  create, transmit, compute, store, and retrieve data in ways that have marginalized time and distance as barriers to entry.  This revolution has catapulted us into Marshall McLuhan’s global village.  We are...

Benjamin Franklin was a man of action. Over his lifetime, his curiosity

and passion fueled a diverse range of interests. He was a writer (often using a pseudonym), publisher, diplomat, inventor and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.  His inventions included the lightning rod, bifocals and the Franklin stove. Franklin was responsible...

We would not be here as a species if learning and change had not taken

Imagine a group of Neanderthals, sitting around their fire in the cave, when ‘Karg’, the most free-thinking of the hunters, using whatever grunts and motions he had available, speaks to his fellows. ‘You know, guys, we got the mastodon today, but I wonder how we could kill them without losing so many of us in the process?!’...

The shift-age (labeled such by futurist David Houle) is transforming our

lives and radically changing the way business will be done.  Like a large number of our ancestors who experienced and end to the “age of extraction”—where people made a  living by farming, fishing, logging, hunting, and trapping, many individuals and companies have not...

What was once nice to have, has become a survival issue.  Regular updates

 Futurist David Houle makes a compelling case that the world is literally shifting under our feet.  Effective brand managers are replacing their trust in knowledge and experience with processes for finding out and taking action faster than the competition—but the gap between finding out and the company taking action does not close fast enough when...

If you are willing to make a conscious effort to recruit and develop sales

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I remember experiencing bad hair days because a colleague  smacked his

Overreaction to insignificant events is usually about control issues and judging.  Humans spend an inordinate amount of time trying to get others to do as they do, believe as they believe, feel as they feel and even chew as they chew.  We focus on the faults of others because doing so is less painful than dealing with our own shortcomings.  “...

Radically shifting markets, a plethora of market share challenging products

Typical SMB owners are at the center of operations and can’t imagine the business surviving without them.  All too often this becomes a sad reality.  The largest wealth transfer in history is about to occur.  Estimates suggest that there are ten million small to midsize businesses (less than 1000 employees) in the USA—not including mom and...

First, get it through the Industrial-age riddled heads of your management

A great place to start the learning process is to accept that the future belongs to millennials..disregard at your peril..  YES!  They will require your wisdom and support.  YES! they must learn the people side of business. BUT NO!  they nor you will  benefit from forcing them to conform to your company’s current  knowledge and experience...

At the center of every organization is the collection of ideas, beliefs

, and cultural traits (collective habits).  Regardless of whether they were put there deliberately or whether anyone is conscious of their presence, habits do exist.  These beliefs powerfully but subtly impact the performance of every employee.   If a deliberate choice is not...