Imagine if there really were a heaven and we all had to stand and be judged when we died.  I can just imagine many people who call themselves Christians standing before Jesus as he says: “What the hell where you thinking?” “ I asked you to turn the other cheek even to the point of...Read More

I met someone the other day who told me about her work situation. This woman is in a management position in a company and is part of the companies management team.  She told me that she was not happy with her situation because she didn’t feel appreciated. She felt that her superiors and colleagues only criticized...Read More

 The desire to defend yourself and your loved ones is a strong and healthy drive but like most of our survival instincts they have a tendency to become more emotional than rational.  The notion that a stranger enters our home, our school or our shopping center and injures or kills our families strikes real fear...Read More

Many of you know that I sometimes come up with Ten Commandments as a base for speeches I make like “Ten Commandments for Leaders” or “Ten Commandments for Change”.  I thought I would put together ”Ten Commandments for success in 2013”. Don’t worry they aren’t really commandments just thoughts.  I imagine I am the one who is most...Read More

Many republicans keep talking about Romney being able to run the USA like a company as if that were something good. America is not a company. America is a country. Companies are generally run as autocracies or dictatorships. America is a deomocracy. In companies employees don’t choose their leaders but leaders choose their employees. In...Read More

Respons till TeliaSoneras CEO debatt artikel i DN DebattBankrånare använder mobiltelefoner när de rånar bankar och pedofiler använder internet för att sprida sina filmer. Detta gör inte en telekom operatör medskyldig till dessa brott lika lite som Coca-Cola är skyldig om någon gör en bomb av en colaflaska eller Volvo skyldig om någon kör ihjäl...Read More

In the debate around whether or not to punish the soldier who burnt the Qurans some argue that the freedom of speech is a constitutional right.  I think those who argue this point have missed a couple of key issues.  First of all, although I am not a lawyer I bet that the rights of...Read More

Svar på en fråga från en nybliven VD om vad han ska göra på sin första kickoff. Han hade redan fått några svar från konsulter och jag kände att det behövdes lite nyansering.—————— Det är svårt att ge några generiska råd till en ny VD. Det är så många faktorer att väga in som tex...Read More

I was inspired by and article by George Jarkesy the other day. In the article George quoted Calvin Coolidge who said “The business of America is Business”. That quote along with Georges comments got me thinking. If business is the business of America then what is the business of business? Or, to put it in the...Read More

I finally woke up to the fact that the link to my World’s Shortest Marketing Plan Template had gone bad so I am taking the liberty to repost it. I hope you don’t mind. Since first blogging this marketing plan template it has been reblogged countless times and been published in many different magazines and books. The...Read More