Engage like you’re a puppy
What? Why would you engage like a puppy? Well, one of the biggest reasons is for the fun and another is everyone will adore you. Now I know what you’re thinking – I’m in a serious business, why in the world should I concern myself with being playful? Maybe because the National Institute for play, […]
The Secret to Loving Your Commute
Commuting is on my mind this week, not only because I traveled to no less than six American cities in the past couple of weeks, but because my hometown of Tampa (Hillsborough County) finally passed adding a penny on the dollar to our sales tax for transportation improvements. That’s about $180 per year on average […]
Walls Are There for a Reason
Did you ever hear the story about the police officer that was chasing a young man who he believed had committed a serious crime? The suspect was tall and fast, and the officer chased him through an alley, over a dumpster and through a convenience store. As the story goes, when the man jumped over […]
Bring it!
I just returned from a trip to New York – business first in the city and then a couple of days in small cities to the north where the “leafers” come up from Manhattan and surrounding areas to enjoy the fall foliage. Everywhere I looked I saw the effects of intended and unintended change, stagnation, […]
The Batteries are Draining Me!
Those of you who have been reading this column for a while know that I love to sail. And of course those of you who own boats know boating is a never ending opportunity to learn “stuff.” I still really dig the “learning stuff” part and this past week it was about the electrical system […]
How to Create Effective Teams
I heard a college educator reminiscing the other night about the old saying that is popular at his university, and might still be. It’s the “look to your right, look to your left, one of you won’t be here by the end of the year” speech. It was really popular as a point of pride […]
