A successful corporate executive was exploring my consulting to him as he moved from the C suite into his own high-end consulting practice. He had lots of the right qualifications: expertise in a thriving market, a good network, the ability to close a deal. As he...
In messaging the value of your product, your company, or your consultancy, you must speak directly to each targeted audience and its decision makers. Now, your pitch and your value proposition will be different as you speak to various constituents: your strategic or...
I couldn’t resist sharing this (even though it has been around for awhile) as a reminder of how we make our own consciousness, context and quality of life. Be careful what you wish for… and how you wake up in the morning… The Dog’s Diary ...
My Aunt Annie died recently, age 103. In my father’s tribe, Annie was one of his elder sisters. I figured it out lately, that she was 16 or 17 when my father was born (my paternal grandmother had lots of children for 20 years). All my life she told me,...
A personal story of the blessing of independence — for me and the USA’s birthday ~ The USA’s birthday is happening, this 4th of July weekend, and I recall why I returned home to start my first (and current) consultancy so many years ago. Finishing my...
The current boom in technology start ups has created a renewed condition of over-working throughout the early-stage tech community. One of my GenX colleagues pinged me last week, “We are working long hours like we did during the last boom — when we were...