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August 21, 2026
This is an attachment from an IBM training manual from 1979. The quote alone is remarkable: “A computer can never be held accountable; therefore, a computer must never make a management decision.” In a world where AI and technology seemingly lead the way in everything and are involved in way too many of our conversations, this eye-opening statement from over 40 years ago tells the entire story. Accountability is a human result. It’s a human expectation. Managing people, managing decisions- those things will never be able to be replaced by a computer, by AI, or by any automation. We have […]
August 14, 2026
Sometimes all that you need is right in front of you. But too often, it’s so easy to think how lucky other people are, or to believe that if only I did this or if only I did that, things would be better. Mostly, all that you really need is right in front of you. Recently, I’ve been going through this process of trying to understand and enhance my business. Trying to really dig in and see where I can create improvement, whether that improvement is internal, external, or a combination of all of the above. Obviously, we have all […]
August 7, 2026
I’ve had a tremendous amount of anxiety lately. Watching my kids get older, seeing family get older, just watching the passage of time and feeling like I haven’t been a part of it, but more over, have been sitting on the sidelines watching it all happen. Not being an active participant in my own movie. How the heck do I have a 13-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son? Wasn’t I just 25 yesterday?! I often ask myself, am I where I want to be in life? Am I where I should be? Are the choices that I’ve made the right […]
July 2026 Market & Economic Recap