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02/21/2025

Ahhhh, geopolitics!

02/12/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHpwxUJvlPo

JD Vance is stepping onto the world stage for the first time as U.S. vice president this week, using a high-profile artificial intelligence summit in France ...

10/01/2024

Sorry world, don't need the gambling dishonor to consider Pete Rose, hated his guts from this moment in 1973 forward. Was disgusted he broke a catcher's leg and ruined a career in the 1970 All Star exhibition and truly reviled him (sports-wise) and felt his ban was the Universe showing the consequences of unchecked arrogance. It's not real life hate, any more than loving a player...but never thought he should get a plaque in Cooperstown but his history on the field is well illustrated in the museum and his legacy doesn't need to be glorified or vilified, the reality is great baseball player, questionable character as a person.

01/09/2024

I had just gotten over Aaron Rogers being a total do**he after the anti-vax nonsense and granted absolution (along with the ayawaska) as he became a Jets QB...I wrote off the torn achillies to Jets Fan Torture...now the dumb insinuation about Jimmy Kimmel, sorry Aaron Rogers returns to the do**he pile (but I'm ok with a super bowl winning do**he qb)!

In his first "Jimmy Kimmel Live" monologue of 2024, Kimmel roasted New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers for linking the host to Jeffrey Epstein.

09/08/2022

Dead Wood?
Have you ever cursed yourself by noticing how good things are going with something only to have the next close look reveal...well, not so good. Recently, I felt that way about the 6-foot hedges that surround half of my corner house lot. Since a thorough pruning in the spring and a touch up trim mid-summer I was surprised how little maintenance they had needed and how good they seemed to look and be at their primary purpose, privacy.

In the Northeast we had a really dry August and not surprisingly one of the tall branches near my front entrance had died. I had watched it start withering and now was a plume of brown leaves so as I returned home from an appointment and it caught my eye (and my challenged attention span) I grabbed my trusty pruning shears and off with it's head! And body as well for that matter. Still in my business [casual] attire I saw that one of the other branches also had withered and there were actually several dead branches down low needing to be removed. Worse, a lack of attention meant that a couple of invasive vines and spreading weeds were overtaking parts of the hedge. What I had celebrated as privacy I realized was also choking the host plants.

So thirty minutes later I had surveyed my entire hedge and had a few piles of trimmings and a can to recycle. Some old and no longer rooted stems with no green and came right out. In some spots thinning an oft-trimmed knotty top was required to make room for the new straighter branches to come into their own. Now, I would imagine everyone thinks of something else while doing lawn work so I couldn't help notice the parallel to leading a company when it comes to making personnel decisions.

"Clearing out the dead wood," may seem a little harsh referring to people but in many organizations, it is a leadership failure over time that will produce its share of dead wood. It may not be obvious, perhaps hidden by more bountiful surroundings, but when you look closely you can see what belongs and what needs to be removed, trimmed or relocated.

The case for right after Labor Day as the time to look at your internal staff for "dead wood" aka underperforming, overly entitled, non-productive, or redundant staff that don't provide value (and are likely under-serving themselves) should be modified, terminated or relocated. You want to use the momentum of Summer's end to a new season while you still have time to score big before year-end and you avoid any considerations of job changes around the Holiday season and can hit the new year at speed. (Which is here in no time.)

If a close look through your company garden shows great health with room to grow and cooperative accomplishment you are lucky, or you've been watching. If you haven't looked in deep for a while sometimes little weeds spread or grow destructive and once useful pillars fall out of function. It's the way of nature, the way of a garden. It's a good analogy for your business as well. Now is the time to trim, prune, and plan for Winter.

06/13/2021

If your business Strategy doesn't include Cyberdefense you could be risking everything:

https://www.myeurekasolutions.com/2021/06/13/hack-atack-summer/

Cybercrime is rampant, this Summer it could explode! Cybersecurity Adam Karp of KL Tech sits down for a Q and A every business should read.

05/24/2021

Is fixing it more of a pain than dealing with it? How do you decide? , https://www.myeurekasolutions.com/2021/05/24/pia-quotient/

03/19/2021

Leadership develops faster and better with principles behind the development. , ,

To become an effective leader is more than experience and style, there are principles to follow on the path to great leadership.

12/11/2020

Has the way you communicate in your job changed? Are you adapting goals to improve in the new communication paradigm?

What's different about communication in the new virtual world? Are you adapting goals to get better in the new communication paradigm?

09/24/2020

Has the national political zeitgeist invaded your professional life? Do you use compromise in leadership? This short article asks the big questions, maybe you have some answers to add and share? https://www.myeurekasolutions.com/2020/09/24/is-compromise-a-dirty-word/

Whatever happened to middle ground? Has our society totally devalued any stance moved away from their own absolute, especially if they stand on the fringe? Is Moderate Republican now an oxymoron? Is it possible for a Social Progressive to be … Is Compromise A Dirty Word? Read More »

09/15/2020

Don't be stuck in a social downturn, you can take control of your comeback...

Shared misery is a unanimous theme for 2020. Whatever divides us in belief it’s indisputable that we have more newly discovered common reality than we’ve ever recognized before, even if we disagree on what, why or how to best go … Bounce Back Bigger — 3 Keys: Read More »

07/27/2020

Talking about race in the workplace isn't a fad, it is a real opportunity for both social and professional improvement! Please share your experiences and ideas....

If you are brave enough to examine your business and your own attitudes you are on your way to being part of the solution. Please comment on your own experiences and how you think positive change can result. ,