AI Unplugged: What it Can (and Can’t) Do
“To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Sound familiar? Many will recognize this as the famous tagline from Star Trek (TOS). The phrase is appropriate for where our technology is today but...
Author: Bob Dearing, CFE
Leading With Purpose – How Vision Drives Leadership
As a businessperson, you are unlikely to spend many days not reading, thinking about, or discussing leadership. It may be about your internal management or maybe even your company itself. The same holds if...
Trust – The Foundation of Professional Relationships
I recently received a newsletter from my web designer, where she described the importance of lifelong relationships. She recently experienced the loss of a peer, a mentor, and most importantly a friend and that...
Inside the Caffeine Chaos – A Starbucks Story
If you are like me, and millions of other people, I enjoy reading posts on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Snapchat, and other social media outlets. Some are informative, educational, and humorous while...
Arlington National Cemetery – Where Patriotism Resides
After many years of business travel in and out of our country’s largest cities, I finally had the opportunity to visit our nation’s Capital as a tourist. If you have never experienced Washington it...
Is Your Career Future Set to Default?
Have you ever wondered what the future has in store for you? If you look back on your life has everything worked out exactly as you had planned? Probably not. Are you in the...
Amazon – Revolutionizing Shopping With Cutting-Edge Technology
Have you noticed? The subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle changes in how big companies interact with their customers now? If so, don’t be surprised, this is just the beginning of changes to come. What happened...
What Happens When Systems Fail
When systems depend on human vigilance, they will fail. Build a process you can trust. Don’t look for past precedents when there may not be any. The story It was a particularly busy day...
The Elusive Average American: Unpacking the Demographics and Lifestyle
Defining the Elusive Average American. We hear it all the time. Average price, average consumer, average account, average day, and on and on endlessly. So, what is it like to be average in today’s...
The Ultimate Guide to ‘Heroic Ownership”
Introduction Owning your own successful business is a dream of many but the reality of a select few. It may seem like a perfect scenario, and it is, but few realize the hard work,...
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