Interpreting, Eisegesis, & Exegesis
The advent of digital communication has brought us incredible freedom to search, to access equally incredible archives. Now, more than at any time in our histories, we need to pay careful attention to...
View ArticleSerendipity Demands You Are There For It!
I love road trips. Taking the car this trip, as an avid motorcyclist, part of what I love about road trips is that you just never know what you're going to discover. Or, when. Quite often timing is...
View ArticleAudience Engagement
How I present was largely driven by corporate experience. What little training I could find, focused on what size fonts to use, color selection, number/length of bullets per screen, and the like....
View ArticleRSS, Recycling, Refreshing, Starting Anew
Time is precious and unread feeds, just like newspaper subscriptions not-yet cancelled, are distractions consuming time. JT discusses the opportunity he took advantage of following Google Reader's demise.
View ArticleWhen the Hopper’s Overflowing, How Do You Prioritize NPD?
As a Product Manager, you are the center of activity for everything involving the product(s) you are responsible for. Depending on your organization the scope will vary. However one thing is...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Read Lately: The Power of Starting Something Stupid
JT reviews Richie Norton's recent book discussing the need to Live to Start and Start to Live! The need to stop procrastinating, and the need to get on with it. And, not just a packet of Kool-Aid™, he...
View ArticleOne of My Loves: Fixing Things
Fixing problems is like watching or reading great drama. Something is wrong, something not right, something we know we need to fix. Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty. Better yet, sometimes...
View ArticleMore Important: Strategy or Execution?
So, which is it? Which is more important than the other? Want to know the real answer? There's the obvious answer. Then, there's the inconvenient truth.
View ArticleHow Much Email Do You Store?
Time spent achieving a zero-mail inbox can be better spent elsewhere. Does that mean keeping an unmanaged inbox, and using Search as your organizer? Where is the balance point? How much email should be...
View ArticleMichigan Covered Bridge Tour
Covered bridges, for many people, are curiosities of a past era. For those old enough, they represent nostalgia from their youth. Others, see them merely as antiquated historic artifacts. One thing is...
View ArticleIt IS Big News: What Adobe’s Up To
Adobe, a harbinger of things to come, made a big announcement. No longer, will you be able to buy packaged products from them. This is Big! JT discusses why.
View ArticleWhy Making Mistakes is Good for Your Leadership
We all start somewhere. We evolve. One. Step. At. A. Time. And, like a baby learning to walk, we fall down, get up, try again. Without failure there is nothing to learn from, no improvement. Eventually...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Your Price List Is NOT for Customers
The pricing subject can causes no small amount of distress. What do you charge? What does your competition charge? What are customers willing to pay? The key is to deliver value to your customer, at...
View ArticleWhy Must It Be Done "This" Way?
Have you ever stopped, thought, and asked yourself the question? When I consult with companies this is a common type of thinking that is often lacking. The reasons for doing something a certain way...
View ArticleReal Estate Photography Checklist
High quality professional real estate photography makes your property stand out from the rest. Typical sales price increases more than pay for photography--across all tiers. JT provides a Staging...
View ArticleOne of Today’s Greatest Risks: Focus
One of today’s greatest risks, as I am personally, increasingly reminded, is an inability to focus. We pride ourselves on all manner of development, evolution, ways to communicate, work together, to...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Read Lately: Do Good Well
This really is a book about doing good well. The authors are two women writing from the perspective of having been there, done that, and wanting to share their lessons learned. Their vision: "...to...
View ArticleThe Strategic Need to Combine Strategies
Somewhere along the way, I just started doing it, combining strategies. Wish I could claim a level of sophistication due to advanced training, but I can't. It was an incremental evolution in learning...
View ArticleLinkedIn Marketing: 4 Ways to Reach ALL Your Connections
A colleague is preparing to launch a new book. As part of her launch efforts she has been attempting to message all her (1,000+) LinkedIn connections. The problem she quickly discovered, and which many...
View ArticleMore Important: Strategy or Execution?
So, which is it? Which is more important than the other? Want to know the real answer? There's the obvious answer. Then, there's the inconvenient truth.
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