It could be that the fastest way to happy customers is by creating a team of happy employees. Good cheer is contagious and heightens the enjoyment in any setting. Further, enjoying their time on the job spent with coworkers is the biggest contributor to job satisfaction. With these ideas in mind, it’s time to pack […]
Over the last several years entrepreneurs heading up “disruptive” startups have been regularly making the headlines. They build a business around an idea that sets a seemingly intransigent old business model on its ear. The way peer-to-peer transportation startups like Lyft and Uber have disrupted the taxi industry is one of our more recent examples. […]
When families in the typical American home were polled by the Pew Research Center on who makes the decisions in a number of household areas – including family finances – women came out ahead: 43 percent said women made more decisions, 26 percent said men made more decisions, and 31 percent said decision making was […]
A friend of mine likes to watch the gold mining shows on cable television. He recently noted how the miners are lucky to break even each year, but the guys who lease heavy equipment and sell replacement parts are making out like bandits. That story is as old as the California Gold Rush, which played […]
The federal, state and local governments can pass laws restricting people’s behaviors or controlling automobile manufacturing in ways that they hope will reduce air pollution. Those same agencies can spend billions of dollars on rapid transit and highway expansion projects hoping to reduce traffic congestion. While these efforts may be well intended, we know that […]