biz Ridiculous

Improve Your Outlook

Columnist: D.F. Krouse
Sep, 2008 Issue

It started out like a normal email exchange. I needed to schedule a meeting with some guy to discuss something—what, where, when and why are immaterial. I emailed him a time the following day when I could meet. He agreed to it. I wrote it on my schedule, and that was that. Or so I thought.

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None the Wiser

Columnist: D.F. Krause
Aug, 2008 Issue

Someone named David Wiser keeps emailing me. And every email sounds the same: “D.F., I wanted to let you know about an opportunity for a senior vice president of something-or-other position with Super Big Corporation in Seattle (or Nashville, or San Antonio, or Atlanta…).”

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A Different Type of “Green” Business

Columnist: D.F. Krause
Jul, 2008 Issue

    “You know, D.F., more business deals are made on the golf course than in the boardroom.” So says the vendor who keeps telling me I must take up golf or my business will wither away to mere nothingness—and I actually do have doubts as to whether many business deals are made in boardrooms. I mean, who uses boardrooms for anything but board meetings? Would you invite a prospect in there and risk him seeing some board member’s agenda (with doodles all over it) thrown in a corner?

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K.R.A.U.S.E.

Author: D.F. Krause
Jun, 2008 Issue

    Alan Hurwitz, a fellow columnist with my syndicate, recently wrote an interesting piece about how organizations tend to take on the personalities of their leaders. Alan’s column focused on the presidential campaign, but used his longstanding experience consulting with companies and other organizations to illustrate his point.

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