Leadership

Great info from KP.com (Be first or be the best. Which?) Karl Benz. Gottlieb Daimler. Wilhelm Maybach. All geniuses in their own right. Be first. Yes, for Benz. Be faster. Yes, for Daimler. Be the best (engineer). Yes,…

Great info from KP.com (What have you done for your neighbor?) I shall write a poem that will send your name down through the ages.* I  heard this line in a recent streaming movie, The Pale Blue Eye….

Great info from KP.com (There is no Mt. Rushmore without Shane Falco) Okay, okay. You got me. Mount Rushmore can stand on its own, but Shane Falco has handed us down some of the best movie quotes ever….

Great info from KP.com (Who’s your go-to?) When you need to make a connection in life, do you have a go-to that you can pick up the phone to call? When you need business advice on a tough…

Great info from KP.com (Inside Archimedes’ Brain) There’s no doubt that Archimedes was one of the greatest brains, the greatest out-of-the-box-thinking, inventive mindsets that has ever lived. Even having lived ~2,300 years ago in Sicily, Archimedes has no…

Great info from KP.com (Maybe Google isn’t as almighty as we thought) There are a few companies we look up to as the holy grail of success. Google is one of those. I heard an eye-opening quote yesterday…

Great info from KP.com (Big Thinkers and Head Spinners) Is there a certain type of person that you surround yourself with everyday? Maybe people you love, like your family. Maybe people that make you think, like a mentor?…

Great info from KP.com (You can be wrong, but don’t be confused) “We might be wrong, but we’re not confused.” Of the many translations, I see this as having constructive business conversations between two people of opposite opinions,…

Great info from KP.com (Just do better) I do a lot of reading. Researching may be a better term for it. Blogs. RSS feeds. Online news. Email newsletters. All are part of my daily reading. So at the end…

Great info from KP.com (Are you as smart as you think you are?) I meet a lot of decision-makers on my travels — for the home, for the business, for the family. Most of them think they’re doing…

Great info from KP.com (How’s your perspective?) As anyone knows that follows me on the socials, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in France — a far cry cultural difference from our home in Norfolk (Virginia). For…

Great info from KP.com (Are you a sponge?) I go through life looking … for new things … to clarify old things … to see what I’m missing. I feel like ‘life‘ is a source for my creative…

Great info from KP.com (Who? And who?) I read a tweet a few days ago with an article headline that read, “Elon Musk is going to war with Tim Cook and Apple.” Who? And who? Really. Who? Most…

Great info from KP.com (Hit me!) I welcome email newsletters … most of them … if they’re interesting. I think I look at newsletters a little different than most people. I do not see newsletters as intrusive. I…

Great info from KP.com (Never say ‘always’ or ‘never’) I’ve preached to my children forever to never say ‘never‘ and never say ‘always‘. [ I guess I could take my own advice to ‘never say never‘ ] Not…

Great info from KP.com (Cogito, ergo sum) Do you stop and think during your busy work day? Do you plan time around thinking? I mean, really thinking, contemplating, and planning. I do plan thinking time. Some people take…

Great info from KP.com (I voted. I did. I promise.) I just realized today when I saw the ‘I voted’ sticker on my desk that I forgot to brag about voting. It doesn’t really matter that I didn’t…

Great info from KP.com (Phishing vulnerability in cybersecurity) A cybersecurity vulnerability is a weakness within a company’s information systems processes that can be exploited by cybercriminals. Examples of this are using weak passwords, not creating anti-phishing best practices,…

Great info from KP.com (Not you people. Those people.) Do you understand people? Those people. Not you people. Those people living in their shoes. Do you bother to observe them closely? Do you consider their current situation? Do you…

Great info from KP.com (NFL Sunday what-ifs) It’s always fun to ask ‘what if‘ in sports. What if my quarterback could pass more accurately? What if my cornerback were quicker? What if my kicker could … kick? Seeing…

Great info from KP.com (Password vulnerability in cybersecurity) A cybersecurity vulnerability is a weakness within a company’s information systems processes that can be exploited by cybercriminals. Examples of this are using weak passwords, not creating anti-phishing best practices,…

Great info from KP.com (Cloud Security is the topic of the day) This is what I’m reading today. Cloud Security Solutions | Microsoft SecurityMicrosoft Cloud Security solutions protect your multicloud environment—across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and hybrid. Learn more…

Great info from KP.com (We won!) If you’re declared the winner, but only certain groups were invited to participate, what are you the winner of? Did you win Best of Dealer’s Choice? Did you win Best of Half of Us?…

Great info from KP.com (How do you spell that?) If you’re going to pitch a company about doing business with / for them, the very least you could do is spell their company name correctly. Do your due…

Great info from KP.com (Are you a tooter?) By nature, most of us are not tooters. Tooters, as-in, we don’t feel comfortable tooting our own horn. So, here’s a commitment I’m hoping you can hop onboard with. Let’s…