Sep 17, 2018 | Business Strategy, Extra Points
We have always done it that way. Those seven words are deadly to an organization. Yet that thinking and behavior is common in companies of all sizes. Why? Humans fear change. You may hear people – including yourself – say that they don’t like...
Sep 10, 2018 | Business Strategy, Extra Points
Serena Williams is arguably the best female tennis player of all time; heck she may challenge Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player of either gender. She lost the US Open Championship on Saturday in what became a highly chaotic and confrontational scene...
Aug 27, 2018 | Business Strategy, Extra Points
As the Youth Exchange Officer for my Rotary Club, I get the honor of helping to pick up our inbound exchange student every summer. This student will stay a year with families from our club and have an exciting time. This year, we have a young man from Thailand. I was...
Aug 6, 2018 | Business Strategy, Extra Points, Jocularity, The Dog Planet
A special edition missive by Captain Jack… I got unleashed… As much as Dan talks about being unleashed, he doesn’t approve when I take his advice. I made my great escape – the first in a long time – while Barb was attending to Bella. It was brilliant. I...
Jul 30, 2018 | Business Strategy, Extra Points
I was recently driving home from the ferry and heard the re-make of the legendary song Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. The re-make by the artist Disturbed in 2015 has a more edgy, haunting sound than the original softer and more melodic song that came...
