The Email Problem

The Email Problem

Let me ask you something. Have you ever attempted to fix or solve a complicated problem with multiple people and parts using only email? Next question… How did that work for you? My guess would be, not very well. Email, while being a very important and productive tool...
The Sum of Our Habits

The Sum of Our Habits

  I once read a study that said the average person makes roughly 20,000 decisions during the course of a day. Clearly not all of these are life impacting: how much toothpaste you put on the brush, which foot hits the floor first when you get out of bed, ect. The...
Unplug From the Matrix

Unplug From the Matrix

  Most summers my family and I are fortunate enough to vacation up in Northern Michigan (yes just like in that song by Kid Rock). It’s truly one of the most beautiful places on earth, with it’s’ clear blue waters, sandy beaches, clean air and...
Problem vs. Dilemma

Problem vs. Dilemma

As we slowly enter a post-covid economy the modern workplace is fraught with many challenges. Rapid changes in our businesses make it tough to keep up with our own self-inflicted obstacles, let alone keep up with our competition. Market volatility makes it hard to...
The 120 Minute Window

The 120 Minute Window

Have you ever noticed that during the natural course of your day there seems to be times where you are just able to get things done? Without much effort at all you put out an enormous amount of high quality-high value work? In these times our productivity levels...
6 Month Review

6 Month Review

  Seems like only a few weeks ago we were taking down our holiday lights and shoveling snow, now we are making our 4th of July plans? How does that happen so fast? I haven’t gotten used to how fast the time passes these days, but like everyone I’ll just have to...