Cocktail Hour
by David on May 12, 2009
Reading about leadership right now and what an effect it has on a company. More importantly, on a team, staff, or on the “Who” that make up your “What”. The editors of HBR dropped some knowledge on me this week (…)
Product Life Cycle
by David on May 2, 2009
Where are you on this scale? Is it something that you have thought about, or something that you have been trying to ignore. Some people think that they can sit right on the maturity mark without ever beginning the decline, (…)
Overdoing Your Strengths
by David on April 15, 2009
There is a myth about your strengths that you don’t need to work on what your bad at, because it is more valuable to develop your strengths than it is to develop your weaknesses. Or, that you don’t have to (…)
Big 10 Tires
by David on April 8, 2009
I’ll will keep this one short, since it is about the very exciting brake industry… but wanted to give a big tip of the hat to Big 10 Tires for great customer service. Showing up at 10AM yesterday, I was (…)
Jack in the Box
by David on March 10, 2009
If a Brand is what other people say about you, and not what you say about yourself, and Advertising is what companies say about themselves, then it is extremely difficult, expensive and time consuming commitment for a established company to (…)
darnologist
by David on March 6, 2009
I have been invited by a great friend – Brett – to write on his blog. It is a tool for designers, developers, freelancers, and just about anyone who does what they love. If you want to keep up with (…)
HBR Highlights
by David on February 9, 2009
Reading the HBR is one of my favorite ways to continue my education while still in the workforce. At Auburn, we used them as a text book. Here is the highlight from this month’s edition. Size often engenders bureaucracy and (…)
$20,000 and a car for quitting GM!
by David on February 5, 2009
All you have to do is quit or retire. Take the money and run. But that is just my opinion. read the story here
i love funny commericals
by David on February 3, 2009
I am talking a whole bunch about these companies commercials… but I still won’t drink pepsi, send in my gold, drink bud light, or go see “Fast and Furious”
paradigm shift
by David on December 2, 2008
Matchstic has ruined me. I can’t see a business card, poster, post card, website, etc… without examining it. I look for paper type, layout, fonts, and just about anything else that makes up the piece. It is funny how doing (…)