This post evolved as I wrote it over the past week or so and I learned, as I wrote it. It starts in one place and ends up in another. I should fix it so it tells one story, but I’m going to leave it as is. Consider it like we are having a conversation […]
Monthly Archives for September, 2011
Business Model Generation
My friend Bernd Nurnberger sent this business model tool/bookand it was like a light turned on for me. I’ve been thinking a lot about how CCBL should work and what we are trying to accomplish. The Business Model Canvas tool guided me through thinking about each aspect of our business model. Very powerful stuff! Each […]
Enchantment: the art of changing hear...
This is a great book to read as I’m thinking about creating the best experience for people working with us (as staff, Business Owners and partners). The Table of Contents is a checklist to measure progress so here goes: How to be Likeable – most people would agree I’m a likeable person. I’ve been working […]
Three Days In – Progress
Work is progressing nicely on the Welcome package for CCBL business owners. It’s an interesting exercise in understanding who we help the most, who loves our service, what expectations we have and what expectations we have had problems with in the past. This welcome package is helping me get clarity around what is important for […]
August Reading
Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She tells of the transitions in her life – life was just beginning to be harried (only in North America), the start of Women’s Liberation and she sees her generation as the first to experience knowing more people than one can care for. My Reading Life by […]
Change is Hard
I’ve been writing this blog post for a few weeks now and it has bottle-necked any other post from coming along. Know what I mean? Today I read the Transitions are Tough post by Christine Gilbert on her blog Almost Fearless. She, her husband and their 18 mo baby are traveling the world. Something I […]