Good communication is essential to the success of almost every endeavor. If it’s not done well, it may not be obvious what the...

ARE THEY STILL RELEVANT? You probably have a few favourite go-to-gurus to help you with ideas, inspiration, words of advice, strategic...

Good Advice Never goes bad. It’s early in the New Year so it’s still a good time to step back and Avoid the Biggest Mistake that...

Permavucalution? Be the goat-bat. I owe a lot of my random ramblings to the inspiration and food for thought found in the weekly news...

Another New Year! So far so good? Looking back on 2023, my comments from previous years seem to remain true. Last year was bad everywhere...

You know who I’m talking about, so I’m not going to mention their names. They already get too much attention. Ego driven, self-obsessed,...

Brand Management - Needs a cult leader? Some brands seem to create a cult-like following of loyal customers, fans and supporters. I’m...

Use your brain It needs the workout Too much technology makes us lazy. We stop critical thinking, questioning and evaluating - accepting...

Learn from the criminals? Be careful with that idea My grandson, studying business and finance at UBC, gave me two books to read, Gang...

Hire a consultant? Hell no! You can do it yourself. A favourite old joke among consultants is that clients always ask, "What do you...

Two Questions Who? And why? If you’re here, I’m assuming it’s either because you’re curious and just clicked on this link, or you’re a...

Have a purpose And a plan “Follow your dreams, pursue your passion!”  That’s the usual useless cliché offered by successful superstars as...

Economics & Business Disconnected “How’s business?” “Fantastic!” “But I thought we were going into a recession?” “The economy may be...

Play by the rules And you can’t win? My first crime fiction novel about an enlightened entrepreneur fighting crime and corruption was...

Biggest Entrepreneur Mistake #4 Neglecting Key Relationships (An extract from DON’T DO IT THE HARD WAY – Avoid the Seven Biggest Mistakes...

Biggest Entrepreneur Mistake #3 Focused on Profit Being focused on profit doesn’t seem like a mistake. After all, isn’t that the whole...

So far, so good? Or too soon to tell. We’re only into the second week of 2023, so it’s too soon to tell if we’re making progress on our...

Find a new comfort zone After two years of living with pandemic restrictions and one year of navigating through an apocalyptic world of...

Help them, help you Since my first consulting project over thirty years ago, I have learned a lot about how to successfully manage...

Fragmented Or focused? In discussing politics and social issues these days, there is a lot of debate around fragmented media – both...