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Wildly Successful Exit Plans

Since I lead a group of top notch trusted advisors, I hear quite a bit about exit plans gone awry.  Unfortunately, most business owners do not plan to exit the business far enough in advance.  Of course, you can still exit; however, you will not get as strong a [...]

2023-09-17T16:32:49-07:00December 12, 2016|Categories: Business & the Economy, I've Been Thinking|Tags: , , |

MacGyver Solutions & Using Under-Utilized Assets

December 5, 2016 I've always appreciated the concept of MacGyver-type solutions (and so I enjoy the re-booted TV series as well). When I was a VP of Operations, I was quite proud of what we accomplished with minimal resources - having minuscule to no resources can spur creativity. Wiley [...]

2023-09-04T00:31:20-07:00December 5, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Supply Chain|

Historic Importance & the Hotel del Coronado

November 28, 2016 I've been going to the Hotel del Coronado for Thanksgiving dinner the last few years - it is simply amazing! The Del is certainly a historical landmark - and has been since it was built in 1888. They do a nice job of preserving the history [...]

2023-08-30T13:31:06-07:00November 28, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking|

Technical Innovation & Japan’s Bullet Train

November 17, 2016 While in Japan last week, I had the opportunity to ride the bullet train three times - and, even waited to go back to Tokyo from Mt. Fuji to see it whiz past since you cannot see it in action in Tokyo as a terminal station [...]

2023-09-16T12:54:09-07:00November 17, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Innovation|Tags: , , |

Shangri-La: the Best Hotel Service Bar None

November 10, 2016 I am in Japan this week meeting with my global board of advisors group to discuss 2017 strategy and business trends.  Since I have never been to Japan, I decided to take a few days in advance to see the sights.  Following the advice of the [...]

2023-09-17T00:12:41-07:00November 10, 2016|Categories: Customer Service, I've Been Thinking|Tags: , |

Chicago Cubs – playing the long game…

November 7, 2016 108 years!  I wasn't too sure I'd see the Cubs win the World Series in my lifetime.  After all, my dad missed out.  We were both Cubs fans.  While growing up, I watched almost every game with my friend Vonda.  And I remember waiting for my [...]

2023-09-19T12:05:06-07:00November 7, 2016|Categories: Business & the Economy, I've Been Thinking|Tags: |

Strategic Pricing

October 27, 2016 I've been working with a new client recently on digging into costs; however, we aren't taking the traditional cost cutting approach.  Of course, the more efficient and less costs required to run a manufacturing operation, the better, assuming customer service, cash and other metrics remain intact. [...]

2023-09-16T07:51:56-07:00October 27, 2016|Categories: Business & the Economy, I've Been Thinking|Tags: |

Favorite Charities 2016

October 23, 2016 When I led my ProVisors ONT meeting last week, we talked about our favorite charities. We are a group of trusted advisors for businesses (commercial bankers, commercial insurance, consultants, attorneys, etc.) yet discussing charities was a great exercise to get to know each other better which also [...]

2023-09-18T13:49:23-07:00October 23, 2016|Categories: Business & the Economy, I've Been Thinking|Tags: , |

Navigating the Global Supply Chain

October 13, 2016 Last week, I participated in the development of the Supply Chain Roadmap 2025.  It will result in a compilation of what more than 100 industry thought leaders had to say about the future of material handling and logistics.  It is quite an interesting process to take [...]

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