Find Your Legacy
Don’t Fight the Mudslides
It was about a year ago that the “Thomas Fire” spread across Santa Barbara County, at that time one of the largest and most devastating fires in California history (as I write this essay, the “Mendocino Complex Fore is raging and is now the largest fire in the state’s history.) Purely by coincidence, I was […]
“Vision without execution is hallucination …. Skill without imagination is barren”
For regular readers of this blog, you know that I have focused on the power of execution and the importance of “acting with intent” across multiple essays. Across the 30+ years of my business career, I have been stunned by the lack of focus on execution discipline/regimens vs. the pursuit of groundbreaking innovation. Whether in food or […]
50K, 179, & 14+
The core of this essay is a big thank you and a note of appreciation from a hesitant author! earlier this month, this blog hit a milestone of 50,000 page views and I am humbled and appreciative of your support! These page views spanned over 179 essays and originated from more that 14 countries, thus […]
How to survive a riptide … Professionally!
While this may seem like a crazy title for a blog essay, I wanted to share some insights that are both practical for beachgoers as summer approaches and hopefully helpful to professionals dealing with changing dynamics and “dangerous tides” in their workplaces! I had the chance last week to be in Florida for a board […]
“Watch the Feet”: Redux
Over the past nine years ( hard to imagine!!) of writing this blog, I have never “re-published a historic essay. While I have often connected current essays to historic themes, or even expanded on historic essay topics in current essays, I have never before fully re-published an essay until now. Earlier this week, I had […]
“Strategic Inspiration” from a basketball game …. (Or maybe two!)
Preface: I have mentioned in recent posts how lucky I am to have a consulting practice with such a wide range of clients and projects. Ranging from tech and food startups, to massive global biotech companies (and quite an array in-between,) it’s an amazing experience to be 30+ years into a business career and having […]
Contingency Planning: work the “backup to the backup” plan!
Over the course of the 175+ essays on this blog, I have often commented on the importance of executional excellence in achieving success in business. I have been so focused on this idea that I have captured a subset of 48 essays (this will be #49) in my “topic archive” (found on the left side […]
Present, Presence, & Prescient … The “Three P’s” that will help in every context!
I have been thinking about this essay for some time, and have continued to “bump” into examples of how these three concepts, the “ Three P’s” are too often NOT executed or even considered in personal and professional contexts at times with detrimental consequences! Lets start this essay with a brief definition of each of […]
Three “Common Denominators”
As I touched on in a recent post, I have the chance in my consulting practice to work with a wide variety of clients and companies. Ranging from food and technology startups, to billion dollar produce and engineering companies, to a massive global bio-technology organization the breadth of companies and verticals is significant and humbling. […]
An inspiring start to a new year!
It is a wonderful way to begin a year to celebrate Dr. King remembrance day early in January. This year is no exception and candidly has stood out to me as a needed break amidst a crazy barrage of headlines and unbelievable quotes from our president. It’s in this context that I share a few […]