Author: Ron Bourque

Luxury yacht sinking tale is buried in a sea of conflicting ‘facts’

Recommendations have no value when the pump is primed with fakery

Bridge the gap by focusing on customer loyalty

I did some work for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the late ‘80s. Back then, the Japanese were taking market share in many industries by producing very high-quality products.

Well, it seems GE stock is getting back up there, and people think it’s time for a celebration. Really?

I got some challenges on my Feb. 23 article, “Are the Numbers Really That Good?” They disagreed with a closing statement, “Honesty isn’t just the best policy; it’s the only policy for survival.” The challenges were nearly identical: “Sometimes you have to bend the rules to keep everything going.”

I’ve written about this several times over the last 20-something years, but it looks like it’s time to do it again. I’ve explained this to several people recently, yet so many others still don’t understand the phenomenon.

Depending on what we read or who we listen to, it sounds like everything is great. I was just chatting with someone who was telling me how great his 401(k) is doing.

As I write this, Bill Belichick is no longer with the Patriots! After 24 years as their head coach, six Super Bowl titles and numerous successes, the last few years have been rather disappointing.

Improves performance regardless of business type

Collaboration is so much better and more productive than fighting

Success starts with empowering every member of your team

To win your market, reducing value and raising prices won’t bring success

The name of the game is pleasing as many customers as possible

Major corporations are quick to defend their turf and their brands. Why not online, too?

Are years of corporate offshoring linked to our homelessness crisis?

Think about the possibilities if we focused on building up manufacturing over building casinos

When sourcing components from China, the experience can be expensive

Looking for advice and guidance is the only way to do things right

Do well-intended strategies have untoward long-term results?

Employees and customers are victims of the focus on a company’s short-term stock price

Despite our best efforts, things don’t always work out

Learn to speak to people who won’t just tell you what you want to hear but what you need to know

We’ve always had scandals, but we never used to have so many