6 days agoBizMech Ideas: CrispierAt last count, there are almost 30,000 restaurants in the Big Apple. There’s even a saying: “You could eat a different restaurant, three meals a day, for the rest of your life, and still not eat at every one in NYC” And after moving here, I think that’s a little…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Mar 1BizMech Ideas: TOChangerI had just finished a short read about the Theory of Change in a PDF from the UN Development Group. To simplify, a Theory of Change (TOC) says “if we do X, then we change Y”. Let’s say you want to reduce the number of people end up back in…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
Feb 22BizMech Ideas: IntroductionBack in ‘09, I read Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto. I didn’t take it to heart but I was a little headstrong in those days. It would take a few more years of relying on others to help me stay on track before I finally got over myself. In ‘13, I started…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Feb 1Why Business Needs MechanicsThink about the best parts of driving. The feel of the road, the way the car handles, the excitement of a road trip, and all those times you fell asleep in the back seat as a kid. Now, think about the parts you hate about driving. The traffic, the cost…Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Jan 6A Better Place to WorkAs the holiday season wears off, there’s one issue that is front and center for a lot of managers and business owners. Employers want people back in the office. Employees don’t wanna go back. Employees have a lot of solid reasons to not want to return. Transmissible diseases, physical and…Work3 min readWork3 min read
Dec 23, 2022Which What and Why?With 2023 heading straight for us almost every human on the planet is thinking about the new year and what will come of it. First, the litany of fears: ecologic, economic, and egomaniac. Then, the mantra of solace: community, consequences, and carbohydrates. But then, the idea of change creeps in…New Year Resolution3 min readNew Year Resolution3 min read
Dec 9, 2022Success Is Not an OptionBetween 2018 and 2021, the number of podcasts on Apple went from 550 thousand to 1.96 million. Including other platforms, that number is somewhere over 4 million at this point. A lot of people started during the first lockdowns. And an awful lot of them stopped pretty quickly. Some managed…Podcast3 min readPodcast3 min read
Nov 25, 2022Every Business is DifferentA side effect of The Great Resignation (which was more about people shifting jobs than people quitting) was how people faced a radically different hiring environment. “Is People and Culture the same as Human Resources?” “What is a DevOps and how is it different than a Project Manager?” And that’s…Business3 min readBusiness3 min read
Nov 11, 2022Like Mice in a MazeTensions across the Urals increase, and North Korea penetrates the Northern Limit. And the Doomsday Clock ticks down as Cold War enemies remember old war wounds. And economies, local and global, whipsaw after the hiccup of COVID shutdowns. The first impulse, as immediate as a blink, is to say these…Resilience4 min readResilience4 min read
Oct 28, 2022The Kids Are Doin’ Fine, It’s the Adults I’m Worried AboutThings are bad and getting worse. We are already beyond the point where we can ever go back to the ‘way it was’. And we saw it all coming. Formerly frigid tundra are turning into lush fields due to the whipsawing weather shifts. The rivers and the lakes that you’re…Future5 min readFuture5 min read
