And the hits just keep on coming. The end of the year makes people take stock of what they’ve done and who they’ve helped (or hurt) in the year that has passed. I’m no different in that respect. However, where I am a little different from some others is that Read more…
We here at HSCT think of the question “What are you reading?” in the same way that Joan Rivers asks the question “Who are you wearing?” So, for all of those who are interested, the following is our 2014 Book List: Nonfiction Sales The Little Red Book of Selling by Read more…
We here at HSCT think of the question “What are you reading?” in the same way that Joan Rivers used to ask the question “Who are you wearing?” So, for all of those who are interested, the following is our 2015 Book List: Nonfiction Sales Fire Your Sales Team Today by Read more…
It’s the eve before Christmas in the Western world, and if you adhere to the Christian faith (or you just like getting and giving) then you’re trying to prepare for a holly, jolly…well, you know… Personally, I’m annoyed by Burl Ives’s voice, but the fact the matter is, that the Read more…
No matter what language you use to describe them…. “kerfluffle” “drama” “disagreement” “viewing the situation differently” “a fight” “a ‘temporary’ setback” “…a moment” “there was an ‘incident’” …they are all conflicts. And all the cutsey, metaphorical language that we use to not describe them as they are, is, in effect, Read more…
My wife will tell you that I never take “time off.” She’ll say there’s no “break from this project” and she’ll tell you that many of my interactions with other people only demarcate interruptions between email, social platform updates, blog posts, product development ideas, and new business operations ideas. Some Read more…
When most information can be known about other people via the swipe of a finger, the click of an Internet search, or through scrolling through a social media feed, how is it that so many people can still be deceived? This is not really an information based question, this is Read more…
The connected TVs, refrigerators, microwaves, electrical outlets, cars, and so on have made their foray into the market, and into our homes. But with these new innovations comes a cost, and that cost is one of the most basic of any appliances. Reparability. When you have a broken refrigerator, chances Read more…
In a world with responsive, predictive artificial intelligence, operating behind the veneer of the world in which humans operate, a philosophical question arises: Will the very human tendency toward conflicts increase or decrease in a world where the frictions between us and the objects we have created is reduced? From Read more…
From the boardroom to the bedroom, assertiveness as a mode of approaching all conflict situations, is valued above all other choices in America. But, what is lauded in a competitive business landscape, driven by media, and advertised to a distracted public by marketers, does not represent lived reality. Reality is Read more…