May 19, 2020 | Business Strategy, Guest Blogs
By Dave Gardner on May 17, 2020 JCPenney declared bankruptcy Friday, May 15th. I wish I could say I hadn’t seen it coming but I have for many years. It had all the excitement of Blockbuster, Kodak, K-Mart, and so many others. Another iconic brand imploding. Sadly,...
May 11, 2020 | Business Strategy, Leadership, Risk Management
I was the head coach of the girls high school basketball for six years at North Kitsap High School starting back in 2000. It gave me a quick indoctrination on how to make decisions in real time and how to practice those decisions in advance. While decisions made in a...
May 6, 2020 | Business Strategy
As Governors around the country work on varying phases of re-opening businesses that have been closed for weeks to months due to COVID-19, one thing is clear – it’s going to look different. In Washington State, Governor Jay Inslee outlined a four-phased plan...
May 4, 2020 | Business Strategy
Business and Bourbon..with Dan I’m thrilled to be invited by my colleage and friend, Ronnell Richards to be a featured speaker at his first virtual event. Business and Bourbon has been a live event by Ronnell for years, including a terrific podcast. Due to our...
May 4, 2020 | Business Strategy, Leadership
As promised from last week, the rest of the story. My complete five steps to building snowmen (insert KBJ column) My two dogs take completely different walks. Captain Jack, while quite the rapscallion inside the house, is a model walker. He’s got energy, he stays...
Apr 27, 2020 | Business Strategy, Risk Management
“Pops.” “Yes, Ellie?” “I want to tell you something (insert impish smile)…” “What do you want to tell me, Ellie?” Just above a whisper level…”Do you want to build a snowman?” This was one of the weekend interchanges between my granddaughter Ellie and me (while she was...
