Pet Rocks In 1975 advertising executive Gary Dahl invented pet rocks.  The rocks came from Rosarito beach in Mexico and cost about a...

I got my weekly email from Home Depot the other day and they were featuring appliances.  I had to look closely at the picture because it...

you will likely get more dates (if you are looking), make you a better spouse (you had better not be looking)

My wife of 34 years takes an “over 50” one a day vitamin.  Because I am funny that way, I calculated out that this costs us about 6.6...

April 2019 issue of Fast Company there was a fascinating article on the clothing company “Everlane”. I laud their commitment to eliminate...

When I graduated from high school my first job was a sales position with Cutco knives.  I did not last long as a knife salesperson, but I...

It is perhaps paradoxical that as I am writing this blog about leadership I am at the same time reading a book about execution. That is...

Resilience is defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties.  A more scientific definition might be the ability to adapt...

The purpose of this paper is to respectfully challenge you into thinking strategically about why and how you recruit and retain...

In the early 20th century Frederick Taylor set out the principles of efficient work made famous on the Ford Motor Company production...

There was a very interesting article in the November 2013 issue of “Health Affairs” by Scott A. Shipman and Christine A. Sinsky M.D....

Titles are supposed to be catchy, if you are reading this I probably succeeded in that regard. Given the nuance of meaning, PHC could...

Back in 1999 I wrote an article for the Washington Chapter of HFMA newsletter.  It was published, and actually won the article of the...