14 recommendations for exhibitors of NRA 2012
There’s one day left (for me), but I’m already thinking ahead to 2012. A few ideas for exhibitors in 2012, from an attendee whose been an exhibitor in the past and exhibits at other shows…
Don’t...
Simple ways to improve your customers’ experience
So I went to The Home Depot on Saturday.
(Why it’s not “Home Depot”, mind you, but THE Home Depot is a post for another day.)
I needed three items: 1) Air filters for my home. 2) Drywall...
How to prove who’s the smartest in your circle of friends
For years, people have played Buzztime in thousands of bars and restaurants across North America.
But it just got far more interesting.
We recently launched Communities, a whole new way to prove that...
Where do you see yourself in five years?
In a job interview years and years ago I was asked this question. I’m sure you have been asked it as well.
Answers usually follow one of two paths:
“I’d love to get this job, prove...
How to separate good ideas from bad ones
Some ideas are good. Some sound good, but aren’t.
If You Are a ‘Planner’
Let’s say you are one of those planning types. One who has daily, weekly and monthly plans…and then...
Required reading for all decision-makers
If you value making good, sound decisions, less clouded by bias, read this book by Max Bazerman and Don Moore. Here’s one sentence that summarizes: We see what we want to see.
Now, that doesn’t...
Rearranging the furniture
There’s an outstanding article in an ancient (by today’s standards) issue of Fast Company, about management consultant Dave Ulrich.
The key takeaway: It’s important to purposely mix...
Worry less about being liked; obsess over delivering value
Unless you’re prepared to morph into the person others want you to be, including changing gears at any given moment, you need to give up your worries about being liked.
While I appreciate the overall...
What’s next after real-time?
Compared to radio, television, and even the Internet itself, we all ran like banshees to Facebook and Twitter. (And trust me, banshees can SERIOUSLY run.)
Their growth (Facebook’s and Twitter’s,...
Home technology still has much to learn from online technology
We live in a world where product features can be turned on and off as we wish.
So why does my gas dryer have a buzzer, and why can’t I opt out of it? Why wasn’t that designed into it? Why...
The obedient and precise worker that no one wants
What a genius post by Christopher Penn about the perils of being an obedient and precise worker. Now, he doesn’t just float it out there that way. There’s more to it. But that’s really...
The hospital of the future
Wish I had a digital camera with me for moments like this.
High atop a hill in Escondido, California, crews are building the Palomar Pomerado Hospital. Midway through construction, the project is just...
What happens when you sell out your product?
Let’s say your product becomes so in-demand that sales just happen, with little or no effort.
Let’s say that they just happen to the degree that you’ve completely sold out of your product...
Making people uncomfortable
It’s not an end in and of itself, but if you want to get things done, you’ve got to be less concerned with accommodating everyone and more concerned about outcomes.
That usually means people...
