We are progressing well in other regions of the world to the point that we are exploring how to adapt our web site and blogs to other languages and opportunities. We are looking at Europe, South & Central America, Russia, Japan, China and the Middle East. As the world becomes more integrated more businesses and individuals will be looking at obtaining the best information, training, consulting and business development from whereever it is available. The problem for most is how to find who does what – where. This happened to us recently in regards to a consulting review being conducted in the US in our Industry where it was hard for the leader of the project to find experienced companies and individuals in the disciplines he had needs. We are discussing this with our Chinese, Japanese and European friends and associates. The time is now.
Not to wade into politics but I wonder if yesterday’s work in Wisconsin is the slightest glimmer that the US is catching a Canadian flu and that fiscal sanity might prevail. The is now.
Are you committed to excellence?
Do you care about me?
Can I trust you?
The time is now.
Celebrate with your Mother and Grand Mother and Great Grand Mother and cherish your time with them. The time is now..
Enjoy I will. The sun and the beach in Hawaii. The greatest tonic on the planet. Refresh and enjoy. The time is now.
Just a short note to those of you reading the blog. If you click on the category index on the right or the categories at the end of the blog you will receive back all blogs written on that category. Just scroll down through them. I didn’t know how many of you knew that it is tied together that way. The time is now…
It appears the markets watched… reacted…. adjusted…. and now have studied. The results continue to erode.
Greece seems to be ready to leave the Eurozone and French Socialists will be disappointed when Hollande bows to the inevitable and restores austerity with a different perfume. Bernanke is on record now telling Congress to pay attention to the Congressional Budget Office. he also nots there projections are too optimistic regarding growth in the economy.
Maybe the adults are starting to return to the room. The time is now…
So let’s start the week properly.
For your parts business. Each and every customer phone call or customer counter visit we should be asking two questions. Every time.
- What is the machine model and serial number for this parts order?
- Who is doing the work for you?
With the model and serial number we can update the machine population records which we will discuss later and with the answer on who is doing the work for you we will know more about our competition. The time is now…
Merkel’s party lost a significant portion of their vote. Their junior partner did better than expected but not enough to secure a coalition majority. The real test will be on the 13th. The time is now.
Well the early returns indicate that both parties that led the country back from the brink with austerity and international bailouts are being punished and that there will be no clear winner in the election today. This will cause further turmoil. Isn’t that what is needed now? Not.
We are witnessing a “New Reality” which I believe is equally significant as was the Industrial Revolution. Shifting demographics and shifting economic stories are leaving politicians in the unwelcome position of have to deal with the truth of their past sins. It is interesting that we are all being bought with our own money (albeit it borrowed) at the polling booths. The past several decades labelled as the most successful in human history have brought great successes to a much broader segment of society but it appears as if it has all been done with smoke and mirrors in an unsustainable fashion. But that is clearly above my pay grade and not within my realm of expertise. The time is now.