As I have been studying different audio books as part of my MBA on the Run program I have tried to come up with a workable set of values for rating businesses. The concept is to come up with a set of standards that may point to business success. The ratings need to be universal, concise, and easy to remember.I've come up with five things that I think cover the major bases and …
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Five Minute Solutions
The most popular posts on this blog continue to be our Five Minute pages. Pick up some Avery business cards and download a MS Word template. Within minutes you'll have a pocket organizer, diet planner, or even a desktop flowchart. The Walleteer format fits easily in pocket or purse and is very flexible. You can change the order, add or remove cards, and even display them on …
New Organizational Goals
July starts a new fiscal year for us and it is a time of goal setting and a look into the future. This has been an exciting year so far and I want to say "Thank You", to all of you who visit here regularly. This blog has woven its way through some different paths this year. We have explored goal setting and the process of creating new habits. We added downloadable resources …
Crowd Intelligence
As I finished up the Audio Book, "The Wisdom of Crowds", by James Surowiecki, I came away with some interesting observations. This book was an insightful read and some of the information presented went against common sense. Here are some of the highlights.1. Crowd think can be useful for finding people and places. In my first post on the book I posed this question...If you had …
Game Show Quandary
In my last post about the book, "The Wisdom of Crowds," we explored the question...If you had to meet someone in New York on a specific day but had no way of contacting them, when and where would you meet?This proved to be a provocative question and the answers varied greatly. In the book, author James Surowiecki explains that when large groups were asked this question, 40% of …