Thinking out loud.

I was driving through a small town Friday when I saw another sign that included simple, elegant, and effective design. It was a radar speed sign, which of course you see in neighborhoods around town all the time. However, those are generally marginally effective… you know it is just sign right, and speed right by. [...]

I was playing golf yesterday when I saw a sign that I had not seen in the past. “Warning, Bee Hive” the sign said right near the fence into a backyard along the edge of the course. At first, I thought either these people were bee keepers in their backyard or, more likely, were the [...]

The reason, at least in part, in my opinion that we (the USA) are “economically challenged” at the minute is that we have lost our attention to detail. I see this everyday… in my work, in my play, in almost everything. I wish I could tell you how many times at Ernst & Young I [...]

I have been considering for quite some time my feelings that much of the workforce today lacks a trade. We all consider ourselves a “professional” or are building a strong “career path”, but only a few of us actually have a trade it seems. My grandfather was a geologist by trade. He became a businessman, [...]