Don’t you just love science fiction? Because the best science fiction involves conjecture of the world as it could be. I remember being mesmerized by Tom Swift, Jr., as a young boy. Other than the delusion perpetrated that Victor Appleton II wrote the series (instead of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams), they were wonderful books. (I only read the first 16; then I graduated to Robert Heinlein.)
Continue reading SciFi or just Sci?
A few days ago, I described a meeting I attended- on social responsibility. (I wrote about it here.) It made me consider how the firms I have started and been involved with would qualify by those metrics.
Continue reading Did that model apply?
Do you ever get tired hearing businesses claim that, “People are our more important assets”? I sure have. But, the key point is – it’s true! Unless you’ve seen a company that spits out widgets from a robotic factory, it’s the people that make things happen. (There are no totally robotic factories- yet. There are robot-assisted entities, but those factories still need people.) And, if the company is a service business, then it’s all people, all the time.
Continue reading A Club for Growth?
Thursday, 26 September 2013 (or Friday, depending where you were in the world) was Simchat Tora- the rejoicing of and in the Tora. On that holiday, we read the last section of the Tora and immediately start anew with the first. From Zot HaBracha (Deuteronomy 33-34) to Breishit (Genesis 1-6:8).
Continue reading A little perspective?
I admit it. I’ve been guilty of this. And, I should know better! But, like that famous Michael Jackson song- I’m looking at the man in the mirror- and I’m changing…
Most of you know that I believe in universal health insurance. Because in the long run it will save us (as a nation, and individually) money. Notice, I did not say universal “free” health insurance, even though I recognize that about 10% of Americans can’t afford it, another 10% will need help paying for all of it, and about 15% of Americans think they don’t need it. (Of course, about 15% – or more- of Americans don’t think they need car insurance, but that doesn’t mean we don’t demand they carry it.)
Continue reading What Medicare Needs?
One of my favorite programs on TV is “Monday Mornings”. The cast, the creator, the concept. Because we have always done a post-mortem (I think the military jargon is after-action review) on each project and campaign we have run. We need to know what worked, what didn’t, what we learned, and what we still need to find out.
Continue reading The Operation Was A Success; The Patient Died
So, I told you that I attended my son’s graduation from the University of Michigan. (Of course, I did. Wild horses, a hurricane, or even a tornado would not have kept me from it.) And, I had the opportunity to hear one of the best graduation speeches ever. (I’m not inexperienced in this matter; a rough count is that I have heard- nay, endured- some 45 or so of these colloquys.)
Continue reading A speech to remember
Not my normal sort of blog. Actually, the kind you would kind on Sequioa Seniors. (This blog no longer exists…) But, I’m writing about it because it involves economics and regulations. And, it’s the future that we did not want to see- for anyone.
Continue reading The Future is Not So Pretty…
So, we’ve gone paperless- almost. We’ve got our computer, printer, and scanner. But, now we have to address the software we need to accomplish our goal.
Continue reading Going Paperless- Part II