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If you are concerned about: • Someone unsubscribing from one of your lists. • A critique of your position in social media. • Rejection by a buyer. • Low “click…
Guest Column: Why Every Consultant Should Look For Conflict
Why Every Consultant Should Look For Conflict by Christian Muntean Conflict is a common part of our clients’ lives. Some of our clients relate to conflict well and have frequent,…
Here Today, Gone This Evening
A client relationship, no matter how strong, can vanish overnight through no fault of yours. Buyers, technology, competitors, and a host of other variables can all change beyond your power…
Paul Allen
RIP Paul Allen, dead at 65, a true innovator and philanthropist. Through Microsoft, with Bill Gates, he helped change the world.
Solid Growth in Consulting Revenues Forecast
The May 25 editon of “Consultants News” from Kennedy Publications notes that the overall management consulting market is doing well, and they expect single-digit growth through 2009. Within that overall…
And Speaking of Judging….
Without taking sides in the debate last night, I have to say that Hillary Clinton looked at Barack Obama when he was speaking the same way that my Shepherd, Koufax,…
The Weakest in the Herd
News item: Business bankruptcies jumped by 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008, higher than at any time during the past two years, according to McClatchy Newspaper analysts. From…
The Law of Adverse Consequences
In many hotels, the “paperwork” of checking in is lengthy, despite the computer. It takes longer than it used to when there was only pen and paper. That’s because too…
Life’s A Bitch, What Else Is New?
We have a lot of people whining this morning over bad calls and unfair losses in the football playoff games. That whining will get them exactly nothing. Life includes bad…
Nantucket Journal: August 19, 2008
A lovely dinner last night at Toppers, including a wonderful 1997 Caymus Special Selection, which was their last bottle of that vintage. Accommodating, but not obsequious. (I can speak oeniphile.)…