With the recent news of Marissa Meyer’s new role as CEO at Yahoo, there are definitely going to be some changes and shakeups. She is known to be quite innovative and this is an area I’m sure Yahoo will certainly be interested in taking advantage of from her past successes at Google. Since we get… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
“Linchpins” in Alaska…the Travis Bylsma story
Almost on top of the World sits our Anchorage Operation. While isolated from the “lower 48”, as they like to refer to us, Alaska is an amazing part of the country with amazing people. And if you think it’s too cold to be creative, you guessed wrong! One thing about innovation is it comes in… Continue Reading
A Culture of “Failure” can lead to “Success”
What? I know, it sounds a bit contradictory – it did to me as well when I first thought of the title but makes all the sense in the world when you think about it differently. Inventor Thomas Edison’s attitude to “failure” was classic and at the heart of this concept of failure. When asked… Continue Reading
Pay Attention to the “Hecklers” in the Organization
I recently attended a national association meeting for the mechanical insulation industry (NIA) in Scottsdale, AZ and had the pleasure of hearing Mike Rayburn. If you have never heard Mike, he is a rather unorthodox guitar player and professional speaker who addresses this very topic of mediocrity and its vise-like grip it has on most… Continue Reading