Parts Pondering v1.8

Aug 31, 2012 | Parts

The parts business is in a rut. We have been doing the same thing for decades now. Isn’t it time to put a fresh face on the parts business and offer customers improved service and convenience? Start with the tired counter. The stand-up counter has been dead for a...

Friday Filosphy #27

Aug 31, 2012 | Filosophy

Do not confine you children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese Proverb   Every heart sings a song incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Plato   Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. German...

Thought of the Day #7

Aug 29, 2012 | Filosophy

It starts quietly, the defense of the Keynesian failures.  Published Wednesday in Global Post – Northwestern economist Robert Gordon opines that “We’ve had a lot of inherent advantages: abundant natural resources, favorable demographic trends, relative...

Marketing Missiles v1.7

Aug 28, 2012 | Marketing

My good friend Jay Roszell just posted to his blog – Growth without Pain – “What is the True Cost of Sales Training.” In it he lists off the costs of the training which includes the usual suspects but he goes further and touches on “opportunity costs.” The cost of any...

Management Musing v1.7

Aug 28, 2012 | Management

Manager is a hyphenated word – Man Ager. I am sorry that is not gender neutral but I am sure you know what I mean. Aging a person is from having to depend on others. Aging is from waiting for others to “get it” especially if you think that you have it. What is...