123 – Fog Ahead

123 – Fog Ahead

As I wrote this, we are in another week of the general lockdown in Washington state for Covid-19 and just found out that it may last another month.  While that makes sense medically, this is hard for businesses. One of the major activities of a business is planning. ...

113 – Employee Happiness

The manager, team leader, or executive can make employees so happy and so hard working by changing just one thing. Forget buying lunches for the whole team (not a bad idea!). Forget giving them free dry cleaning (not bad also!). Forget holding a fun day for the team...

112 – Smartphone Liberation – Part 2

Freedom at Last! The smartphone has brought significant improvements in our lives.  It is so useful that it is hard to find an adult or child that does not have one. Even those that are having financial struggles seem to be able afford a cell phone!  How do they do...
111 – Smartphone Liberation – Part 1

111 – Smartphone Liberation – Part 1

It is really interesting about how the Smartphone has invaded our lives.  I purchased one of the first cellular phones over 30 years ago and that was big and permanently installed in my vehicle.  It had a big huge handset and hard to use. Now the phone can slip in my...