Systemic Thinking

“A baseball bat and ball costs $1.10, and the baseball bat is $1.00 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?

Write down your answer… and we’ll get back to your answer shortly.

In our summary series addressing how you can grow your business we settled upon exploding a series of marketing myths, one myth- that consumers take the time and energy to consciously search through options in selecting the best brands or solution to their problems – we’ll address in more depth today.Read more

Selecting your next Board member

I have probably spent a year of my life just in Board meetings- either as a management attendee or as a Board member. Most of that time was invested usefully, but there were occasional dysfunctional Boards, typically with one Board member causing most of the problems. IN the third in our series about Boards of Directors, I’ve written about unlocking talent within Boards, and explaining what Boards do, here we’ll explore how to select the right Board members.… Read more

Good, Cheap, Fast… Pick two.

Life isn’t fair, and a great example of this is working with contractors.

As I have found in my working career, any task you take on in life is constrained by a lot of factors. How long will it take? How much will it cost? How good is the result? Almost always, you end up having to choose good results with regard to two of those factors and expect a bad result for the third one.… Read more