Dates covered: February 18-24, 2019 (week 8 of 52) Business Why Great Innovation Needs Great Marketing (via Harvard Business Review) Identify unmet and even unknown customer needs (before the smartphone, people didn’t consider having the Internet in their pockets) Understand…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 2
In the previous post I primed several parts for painting. This post covers painting the crewmen and the cockpit. (Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to the YouTube video.) Logistics So my last post…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 7
Dates covered: February 11-17, 2019 (week 7 of 52) Business Yes, Sustainability Can Be a Strategy (via Harvard Business Review) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings indicate that some of the techniques that typically pertain to sustainability (e.g., water conservation,…
RPM 81 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2019 Q1 release, RPM 81. I’ll start with my general thoughts for the release, and if you’re interested in a track-by-track breakdown, keep on reading. General thoughts…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 6
Dates covered: February 4-10, 2019 (week 6 of 52) Business What Does Your Corporate Brand Stand For? (via Harvard Business Review) This article has some exercises to help guide executive teams through a set of questions to examine their company’s…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 1
It was fate that my friend Nick got me a Christmas present of a smaller, simpler version of the F-4 I’m building. The Lindberg “Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom” (No. 70962) has fewer than 40 parts, way fewer decals, and has…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 5
Dates covered: January 28-February 3, 2019 (week 5 of 52) Business Pricing Needs to Reflect Who People Want to Be, Not Just What They Want (via Harvard Business Review) The author cites some examples of non-luxury goods (i.e., magazine subscriptions)…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 4
Dates covered: January 21-27, 2019 (week 4 of 52) Business The Era of “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Over (via Harvard Business Review) The impact of the technologies of tomorrow (genomics, AR/VR, blockchain) will have considerable impact on lives…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 3
Dates covered: January 14-20, 2019 (week 3 of 52) Business Customer Surveys Are No Substitute for Actually Talking to Customers (via Harvard Business Review) The logistically simple approach to understanding customers is surveys; however, the quantity doesn’t match the quality…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 2
Dates covered: January 7-13, 2019 (week 2 of 52) Business The Legacy of Herb Kelleher, Cofounder of Southwest Airlines (via Harvard Business Review) Herb passed away last week, and those who knew him appreciated his leadership style. 30 years after…