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At The Crossroads: An Exercise In Cool

A while ago, I was at Home Depot to buy some under-cabinet lights. We wanted some that were motion-activated so they would light up in the morning when you went to get coffee, especially in the winter when it was still dark. The options that did not require electrical work (in other words, battery-operated) were…

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Icing the Deal… By Disrupting the Way You Think About Change!

Recently, we had a little bit of disruption here at the Basilico domicile. It was a tragedy beyond the pale… The ice maker on our fridge stopped working. Broken & Fix It! When we bought our old house, it had all new appliances. It took ten to twenty years before we needed a repair person…

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Got Chaos? Adapt, Innovate, Communicate

Your business has changed in less than a week unless you live under a rock. This has nothing to do with politics, but economics. If you run a business that resells products from overseas, the cost of what you sell has gone up. If you run a SAS or service business, the cost of running…

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If It Ain't Broke, Fix It (Before You Have to Replace It)!

The Flat A few weeks ago, I had a bad car week. I had just had surgery and had to go to a follow-up visit the day after another doctor's appointment. I walked out into the garage to recycle some stuff and noticed I had a flat. Because of my surgery, I could not change…

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What's the Deal with 2025?

This time of year, the two weeks around Christmas and New Year's, always seem like a blur. It's hard to remember what day today is, especially when both holidays fall in the middle of a week. Business generally grinds to a halt with people and companies taking vacations. TV is filled with retrospectives of the…

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Data is a Gift… Share The Love!

Do you remember life before Beepers, CB Radios, and Fax Machines? All three gained momentum and popularity in the '70s and '80s and peaked in the '90s. However, all three fell victim to mobile phones. Beepers became text messaging, faxes became email, and CB radios became Nextel phones and then standard mobile phones. Mobile phones…

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