by wiadmin | Dec 26, 2018 | Leadership
“If I had asked customers what they wanted,” Henry Ford is rumored to have said, “They would have said faster horses.” Now, before you fire your market research person, it is important to remember Henry Ford’s arrogance about customers also lead him to chide,...
by wiadmin | Dec 18, 2018 | Leadership
I am a Lucchese boot man. I have been wearing Lucchese’s high-end, super comfortable Western boots handmade in El Paso for many years. And, I am on my fifth pair—all with a tailored toe, heel, leather, size and color. They are like working in bedroom...
by wiadmin | Oct 23, 2018 | Leadership
I have seen the future and it is Comcast. No, really! Comcast is staging one of the biggest brand renaissance comebacks ever. I predict it will be right up there with Apple, GM, Marvel, and Lego. Personally, I would add my favorite, Delta...
by wiadmin | Sep 18, 2018 | Leadership
My passport expired. It expired four days before I was to fly to Toronto for a keynote. But, that’s not the bad news. The “omagod” side is I did not discover my oversight until the day before my flight. The good news is I was able to contact a pricey...
by wiadmin | Jul 31, 2018 | Leadership
The straight-line winds came through the area at 60 miles per hour. Giant pines, maples and pin oaks came crashing to the ground. But, all the tall willow trees remained standing. It was my neighbor’s nearby property in the mountains of North Georgia. Our property...
by wiadmin | Jun 20, 2018 | Guest Post, Leadership
Guest post, by Kevin Eikenberry Most people will agree that leading people from a distance (also known as remote leadership) feels very different from the way we’ve always worked in the past. It’s easy to point to factors like a lack of eye contact, or the inability...