June 20, 2013
Raising the Bar; Not Lowering It
The Seattle Times has been publishing interviews with all the mayoral candidates, and there are a lot of them heading into the primary. Even though…
June 17, 2013
Shedding the Unnecessary
We did something last month that ended an era for my wife and me. For the first time in our lives we live in a…
June 5, 2013
Try, Try and Try Again
The other day as we were just waking up we hear this “rat-a-tat-tat; rat-a-tat-tat” that was a woodpecker trying to peck into our composite basketball…
May 29, 2013
Getting Rid of the Bottom 10%
GE’s reputation was to get rid of the bottom 10% of their employees to keep raising the bar. In professional services the mantra is to…
May 22, 2013
Silly Rules and Policies
Paul McCartney and Wings had a song titled, "Silly Love Songs" and it starts with the line, "You'd think that people would have had enough…
May 15, 2013
Annoying Behavior – It’s Everywhere
Ever wonder what world some people live in? Ever wonder if your clients or customers ask what world you live in? Consider the following: I'm…
May 13, 2013
The Economy – A Street-Level View
In the last week I’ve heard two contradictory opinions about the current state of the economy, both from smart people who need to be abreast…
May 8, 2013
Communication Solves (Potential) Problems
On April 29 my Rotary Club (www.bbrc.net) held our annual fundraiser, the Bellevue 10K and 5K. When we picked up our family’s packets the day…
April 30, 2013
Love What You Do
I came back from the gym the other night and my wife had the MLB network on and was watching the Dodgers-Brewers game. The Dodgers…
April 23, 2013
Learning From Catastrophe
There are a lot of words that can be used to describe the events in Boston last week. They include amazing, senseless and barbaric, and…
