Category: Musings
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Quantum, Crypto, Crane Rental and Car Parts
As some of you may have guessed, the title of this post refers to some of the industries in which we have worked during the last year. That list could also include: capital planning and e-commerce software, injection molding, reclaimed refrigerants, aggregate, organic acids and radio signal processing. Yes, it…
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Business Travel…Can you really stay healthy?
Here it is March, and for most of us our New Year’s resolutions have faded in the rearview mirror. Yet as we adjust to a post-Covid world, many would like to avoid returning to old bad habits. In particular, as business travel rebounds to near historic levels, fellow road warriors…
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Rest in Peace, Vin Scully, There Will Never Be Another One Like You
Baseball broadcasting legend Vincent Edward ‘Vin’ Scully passed away last week at the age of 94. He was the voice of the Dodgers for an incredible 67 seasons, from 1950 to 2016. The awards and accolades that Scully received during his career are too numerous to mention. As one example,…
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What Lessons Can We Take From This Turbulent Year?
The end of the year is always a time to take stock of where you are and think about how you might adjust your plans for the future. Even if you are normally not one to make new year’s resolutions, this past year certainly must have caused you to stop…
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‘Flow’ … being completely involved in an activity for its own sake
A pioneer and leading thinker in the world of positive psychology, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, passed away last month at the age of 87 (for anyone who is not a native Hungarian speaker, I have been told that ‘MeHigh ChickSentMeHigh’ comes pretty close to the proper pronunciation). Csikszentmihalyi’s seminal work centered on the concept of…
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RIP Clayton Christensen
One of the most original and influential strategic thinkers of all time, Clayton Christensen, passed away last week at the age of 67. Christensen was a professor at the Harvard Business School, a prolific author, dedicated philanthropist and moral philosopher, as well as being an entrepreneur himself before joining the…