When my wife first expressed an interest in creating a new pathway in our front yard, my immediate response was: “That’s a great idea – I’ll save us some money and do it myself!” I love yard work. I enjoy being outdoors and working hard to keep things looking good. Being a perfectionist, my …
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Is Your Team Data Proficient? Take This Assessment and Find Out
The most successful companies in the world are data-driven. They use data to make better decisions, innovate faster, and beat the competition. As the world also becomes increasingly dominated by technology, this creates a perfect storm for companies and executive teams. Yet they’ll be able to deftly …
6 Rules for Making Smarter Business Decisions
At its core, running a business is really just making a series of decisions. This can be a lot harder than it sounds, especially given the high stakes for seemingly every call you have to make as an entrepreneur. On top of that, you need to be able to take risks and make big swings, and knowing …
The Story of the Girl on the Wing
In a classic episode of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone, “Nightmare at 20,000 feet,” Bob Wilson (played by a very young William Shatner) is on his first flight since his nervous breakdown six months earlier. At 20,000 feet, he repeatedly sees a creature on the wing, but whenever he pointed the creature …
“Digital Help” Gone Bad… and Lessons on Adopting New Technology
There was a time when digital had nothing to do with bits and bytes. Yeah, those were the good old days when digital help in medicine meant probing fingers. And it killed US President James A. Garfield. True story. President Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 by Charles J. Guiteau because, wait …
When to Crowdsource and When to Make an Executive Decision
Leadership is complicated. While a good leader will always solicit and consider input from the team, there are also times when a decision needs to be made quickly and firmly without outside influence. Deciding when to use each of these approaches is one of the hallmarks of good leadership. So, how …
