Business Building By Periscope By leadership author and keynote speaker Ross Shafer The Periscope APP has allowed Twitter account holders to do live business broadcasts from interesting places and events. And I do mean interesting! Think of Periscoping as an ADVENTURE. You are our PERSONAL TOUR GUIDE. You are taking your audience into a world…
Cure for “Needle Phobia” Rocks Healthcare By leadership author and keynote speaker Ross Shafer Are you afraid of needles? Turns out there an actual recognized medical condition called “needle phobia” and about 30 million people in the US suffer from it. Doctors deal with it every day because many fearful patients don’t follow through with…
I pulled into this bank and was so appalled to see this sign I had to share it with you. I’m sure Wells Fargo didn’t intentionally mean to hurry you along – but the message they are sending to their customers is, “Don’t spend any longer than an hour with us or we will tow your car.” I…
Could you run a company if the serious threat of bankruptcy were looming? C’mon, it’s much easier for a leader to run a company when business is bright and rosy…but you need to be a leader who can face reality, jump into an unexpected firestorm, and rescue your company from market obliteration. A leader like…
Are you ever curious about why some people get hired over others? Me too. Luckily I have a sneaky way to find answers to these kinds of questions. I ask them in plain view of the world! Last month, as I was filling in as the morning drive talk radio host on Denver’s 710AM –…
In my car coming back from the airport, not unusual in my line of work. What is unusual is what I saw inside the men’s room at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. It was this. Wave your hand over this high-tech commode and a new, clean, sanitary gasket for lack of better word, rotates into…
We are all guilty of coming up with what we think is a brilliant idea and trying to run fast with it. We are so convinced that our idea is so “White Hot” that we don’t even bother to ask anyone if our idea has actual value. After all, others may not see the “vision”…
Recently, I’ve been getting panicked phone calls from smart, successful friends who ask, “I am afraid my industry is dying. How do I survive?” When I hear that I immediately wonder, “Is demand going away for your product? (Like when the automobile replaced the horse drawn carriage). Or is demand still strong for what you…
Work force dynamics in the year 2020 may scare you. First, the oldest Millennials will be 40 years-old and ready to take over your company. These “digital natives” grew up installing home routers and building websites for their parents. Millennials made Facebook and Twitter rich. So, by 2020 they will expect technology to start working…
Has this ever happened to you? You reach for a paper towel and you’re out…you wake up for that first cup of coffee, and realize you left it off your grocery list…no toilet paper? Let’s not go there. Well, Amazon would like you to believe they’ve solved all of your problems, with the push a…