Tag: learning

  • Impact of AI On Every Day Lives

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    “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” –John D. Rockefeller Hi Everyone, People have been asking me about what the impact of AI on our everyday lives will be. Depending on the audience I have a few perspectives that I share, and I thought I would give you a…

  • Change Coming With The Company

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    “If you always do what you’ve always done,you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” -Tony Robbins Hi Everyone, My kids are going to be sophomores in High School next month and as expected their class loads are heavy. They are balancing school, studying, and sports, not to mention friends and romantic interests. I’ve been talking…

  • Importance of Feedback

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    “If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the bigthings right.”– William H. McRaven Hi Everyone, Giving people feedback is one of the most important things we can do in our lives. One of my favorite books is called the Last Lecture, written by Randy Pausch. As always I am happy…

  • Tame and Wicked Problems

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    Hi Everyone, Every week we send a Desk of Brad to each of you, I don’t remember exactly when we started this, sometime shortly after our acquisition of the Dutch business, but it’s been at least four or more years ago. We have never missed a Friday DOB, not once, not ever. It’s a commitment…

  • Treasure Our Mistakes

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    Hi Everyone, I was watching my latest Netflix show last night and there was a scene between a Mother and her Daughter about how everyone makes mistakes. The mother dramatically said, “I’ve made soooo many mistakes in my life.” That spawned another internal dialogue for me about the mistakes that I’ve made in my life…

  • Your Career is Your Sport

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    “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and…

  • Your Career is Your Sport

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    Brad Heidemann
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    “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and…

  • The Power of a Smile

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    “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” – Mother Teresa  The Power of a Smile… Have you ever noticed that a smile from someone can just make your day?  When I was a phone operator at Nordstrom (I’ve had almost every job at Nordstrom), we…

  • The Power of a Smile…

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    Have you ever noticed that a smile from someone can just make your day? When I was a phone operator at Nordstrom (I’ve had almost every job at Nordstrom), we used to talk about having a smile in your voice when you answered the phone. Have you ever noticed how much more approachable a friendly voice is rather…

  • Being a good consultant, like being a doctor

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    “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” -Leo Tolstoy  My grandpa never met a stranger, he loved people and loved talking to them. My grandma used to say, “waking up, when his feet hit the floor his mouth started moving”. As a small boy when I spent time with them, we’d have coffee cake in…