Getting the impression that I may have caught up on a little HBR reading over the holidays? What makes you think so? I did read The Power of Unwitting Workers recently, though, and thanks to so many of you for...

Have I given you anything yet for Christmas, or maybe to celebrate the New Year? Well, I have now. Consider this part of the Exkalibur Stimulus Package for 2010.I don't know about you but there are occasions ... and they...

The Power of One concept is not new — it’s the bedrock of everything from motivational speeches to Army One.There’s an entire industry devoted to the power we have over our destiny.In the context of Building a Business, we can...

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season. Make sure you spend time with family and friends – and remember that relationships are more important than consumption.

How about that for a double negative ... meaning that "Not Not Important" is actually "pretty damn important". Some of you took English, right? What do I mean? Many of the followers of Sword Tips know that I'm a big...

As I've said here before, I don't think our elected servants in D.C. know much about creating jobs. Let's remember that the stimulus program was always "too little, too late" and we harped here that the length of time over...

Yeah, I know, just what we need ... another checklist of the 10 Stupid Things I can't stop doing ..or the Top 5 things I need to do before I brush my teeth (really, nothing, do that first ... please)....

The North Bay Business Journal, a publication of the New York Times, is a weekly business newspaper which covers the North Bay area of San Francisco - from the Golden Gate bridge north, including the Wine Country of Sonoma and...

Take a moment today to leave your trials and tribulations behind and reflect upon all of your blessings. We have a lot to be thankful for living in the greatest country on earth, with all of its blemishes, and for...

My last newspaper column, Can Small Companies lead in consumer-directed health care?, focused on certain health care ideas and the success that companies like Whole Foods have had focusing on individual responsibility for some of these basic costs.According to a...

Like I've said, I certainly didn't intend to wade into this health care reform quicksand but just the thought of a 2,000 page bill that legislators haven't read conjures a paperwork morass that, like a stealth bomber, sneaks in under...

I didn't really intend to wade into the morass of health care reform but the appearance of a 2,000 page bill pushed me over the edge. So, my breathless health care reform lapdogs ... and you know who you are...

Here's just the tip of the iceberg in the record-breaking 2,000 page health care bill ... nutrition labeling for vending machines, new costs for virtually every restaurant chain to spell out nutrition guidelines, in-home counseling for pregnant mothers, priority to...

In my last few posts, I've discussed the job creation efforts of the Obama Administration, which have had abysmal results.There are a lot of voices coming to the same conclusion. An editorial in today's NY Times chimed in about not...