MY BUSINESS MUSE

I recently saw a post stating you are judged by your grammar.

Proper grammar is not and never has been a sign of intelligence. The use of proper grammar only means you know the rules of proper grammar and nothing else. It is not a sign of knowledge or problem solving sk...

This is the hidden danger in central planning. Much of central is created under the auspices of health and safety with the threat of punitive action if not obeyed. While a person may agree in principle with the original underlying reason for the formation of a central...

This morning I was able to put words to this. A difference in personality is not a defect in the other person. So many times I see people looking down on other people because of a difference in personality. It's called that most extraordinary of things, being human.

Let...

In a little less than a month from now 17 years ago I was working late because my son the next day was having a medical procedure done. I was running the cnc router and watching the clock as there was a tv show I wanted to get home and watch. I decided to make one more...

In my conversations with people who work in management at mid to large companies, I find a general lack of respect for small business. In many respects, I believe the management in those companies feel that they are somehow more educated and intelligent than the small...

I had a gentleman message me on LinkedIn. He stated he is an engineer and he was interested in what he saw in my LinkedIn profile. I responded to his message stating that I had closed the shop and was in the same position of being an older only I called it experienced...

People value their own work over the work of others.

People have a strange way of placing value. A person will spend $80 for a meal that is soon gone but will be unwilling to pay fair market value for a $30 tool they will use for many years.

Investors value their money o...

Business is people first. Take care of employees then customer's profits will follow.

The store is set up for efficiency but is welcoming in appearance. Warm and inviting not cold and clinical.

Collect data for the purposes of improving customer experience.

Getting people...

I have contemplated the issue of people in the workplace. Perhaps the largest issue I see is people are complex and companies do not want to deal with complex so their response is to try to turn people into processes that the company can break down and analyze on a str...

I still get production emails from XXXX. Lately, the emails have been far less compliance-oriented and more conciliatory. This last one, in fact, was more like begging the suppliers to help them comply with the new overseas regulations. I must say had they treated thei...