by David Wilsey | Jun 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
I used to work on a research team for a company that produced an operational risk software product. I always found it interesting how different members of the same team answered an important question: what do you do? Here is the way Person A and Person B responded:...
by David Wilsey | May 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
My business intelligence (BI) and analytics software salesman friend said something interesting to me the other day over lunch. He said, “I don’t sell software, I sell gym memberships. When someone joins a gym they are not really buying the membership. They are...
by Gail Stout Perry | May 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
A very distraught woman (we’ll refer to her as Vera) recently called the Balanced Scorecard Institute office in panic. Vera: “Hello? I need those flags. Can you please overnight the flags to me? It’s urgent!” Us: “Excuse me? I think you may have the wrong...
by David Wilsey | Mar 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Umiaq is defined as a large open Inuit or Eskimo boat made of skins stretched on a wooden frame, usually propelled by paddles. I looked it up only because my Words with Friends opponent just played that word. There are several possible explanations for this move....
by Dan Montgomery | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
During the years we lived in Canada, my family became fond of Canadian Heritage Moments. These were sixty-second vignettes that depicted formative moments in Canadian history. One of my favorites has the intrepid French explorer Jacques Cartier arriving in the valley...
by David Wilsey | Feb 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Have you heard the common legend that scientists have proven that bumblebees, in terms of aerodynamics, can’t fly? This is a myth that came about because about eighty years ago an aerodynamicist made this statement based on an assumption that the bees’ wings were a...
