E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

Couple days ago I was enjoying the day at the lake when I was struck with the degree to which our businesses are fragmented. Park ranger referred us to the front desk for questions about fishing and to a store down the road for boat rentals. The store referred us to the park for the [...]

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This book published almost 200 years ago is the first one to create the argument that the short term focus on the profits has to be balanced with the long term focus on the people. Carnegie, who is allegedly a robber Barron, but in my view simply one of the more brilliant capitalists of his day, builds the [...]

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Value Gathering is a concept that I have been introduced to fairly recently. As I learned about it, I understood why executives from companies as diverse as GE, Manpower, Harley Davidson, MillerCoors and Trek Bikes rave about it. The activity goes beyond team building, into reimagining the team together while learning new ways of expressing and communicating among the team members. Over [...]

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A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a  very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf  balls. He  then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.   Which is why after [...]

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John has recently updated me on the progress he has made in marketing his business and I wanted to share his success story with you. Just 6 months ago, John had no idea how to market his idea: selling t-shirts that would raise awareness of testicular cancer. We talked, going through his business ideas. During [...]

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