The Aggregate of Marginal Change

Great Britain’s cycling team, Team Sky, was facing the 2010 season with an impressive (losing) record: no British cyclist had ever won the Tour de France.  That year, however, something was going to change. In 2010, they hired Dave Brailsford as the new General Manager and Performance Director.  Brailsford took his job seriously, and declared that if … Continue Reading

Eat That Frog!

At the end of the week, do you look at your desk and wonder what you accomplished? Does your ‘To-Do’ list seem to be growing, instead of shrinking? One of the most effective methods we’ve discovered to manage the tasks that pile up from day to day, and have helped to guide us as we have … Continue Reading

Drowning in paperwork?

After your taxes have been filed, what are you supposed to do with all the mounds of paperwork that you’ve saved all year? Should you keep it in case the IRS audits you? Do you really need to hang on to every gas receipt for the year?

Picking Up Speed

“If you don’t feel a little uncomfortable, you’re just not going fast enough.”– Mario Andretti Business changes at the speed of the internet these days.  Technology changes every day and the ‘way we used to do things’ just isn’t good enough if you want to remain competitive in today’s fast moving business world.  

Finding the Balance

Google CFO, Patrick Pichette, went public in March with his resignation letter.  He used the tried-and-true cliche of ‘spending more time with family’ as his reason for leaving, and it was anything but cliched.  It serves as a cautionary tale to keep the balance of work and home in check. You can read his letter … Continue Reading