Jack Deal's Profile and Articles

Business Writing: What You Write is a Direct Reflection on You and Your Company
Mar 20, 2008
You are what you write. Why would you send or publish writing that is embarrassing? What image of your company does that project?
Category: Writing
Do You Have the Right Compensation, Incentive and Bonus Plan or It's All About Me, Me, Me
Mar 19, 2008
Just like rats in a cage we humans scurry around for our rewards or reinforcement. Just make certain you are rewarding your rats with what drives...
Category: Human Resources
The Quality Line or If Your Customer Doesn't Perceive It, Does It Matter?
Mar 18, 2008
Quality costs no matter it is analyzed. Controlling quality related costs is important and should be determined by the customer. If the customer...
Category: Strategic Planning
Civilized Visualization or Worrying About Worrying About Having the Big One
Mar 17, 2008
As if there isn't enough to worry about already...
Category: Humor
Photography as Therapy or One Good Image is Worth a Thousand Bad Novels
Mar 17, 2008
Does shooting lots of pictures change our perception of the world? Probably so.
Category: Photography
Can the New Techies Manage and Maintain Their Vast, Extended Neural Networks?
Mar 17, 2008
Devices and gadgets have extended the brain's neural network to outside the cranium. What happens when these devices fail?
Category: Humor
The Strange Case of Dr. Pietro d'Abano or Things Really Could Be Much Worse
Mar 17, 2008
We think we have it bad until we see someone that has it really bad...
Category: Humor
Dumber by Design: We're Feeble-Minded, What's Your Excuse?
Mar 17, 2008
Is there a limit as to just how far one can dumb down?
Category: Humor
The Knowledge and Ideas Paradox or If It's Contrarian It Might Actually Work
Mar 17, 2008
In which we demonstrate the old adage it is better to give than to receive. In the end, it's all about me.
Category: Entrepreneurship
Marketing and Sales: An Evolutionary Process
Mar 16, 2008
Marketing and sales is based on people and people change constantly. What's not to like about that?
Category: Marketing and Advertising
How Data Mining and Internal Marketing Can Boost Your Sales
Mar 15, 2008
Getting good data on your better prospects allows you to market directly to them. What else do you want?
Category: Marketing and Advertising
Begone Doom and Gloomers: Why You Should Stay on the Sunnyside of Life
Mar 15, 2008
It's not worth it being a doom and gloomer. Think of what it costs in lost wages.
Category: Humor
Corporate Culture: A Tale of Two Contrasting Companies
Mar 13, 2008
Is culture it's own reward? In which we see two companies the same size in the same industry go down very different cultural paths.
Category: Business
Customer Complaints or It's Not Just the Whine and Please Anymore
Mar 12, 2008
May we have a little more whine with that cheese, ma'am? Why are the worst complainers all jerks?
Category: Customer Service
Eulogy for Elma or All That Matters is What We Do Between Birth and Death
Mar 11, 2008
Elma's life proved that all that matters is what we do between life and death.
Category: Society and Culture
Workplace Humor or When Was the Last Time You Had Fun at Work?
Mar 11, 2008
Humor is life; humor is fun. Why shouldn't your company be alive and funny?
Category: Business
Is Fast Growth Always Better than Slow Growth?
Mar 10, 2008
Growth is what it's all about or is it?
Category: Strategic Planning
Yes, But Am I Happy?
Mar 9, 2008
Since we spend the best years of our lives working, shouldn't we do what we want to do?
Category: Self Improvement
The Mission Statement Revisited or This Time It's All About Us
Mar 8, 2008
There is no fool like the fool that has a goofy mission statement hanging on their wall.
Category: Business
It's a Pig Thing: My Very Strange and Ongoing Relationship with Pigs
Mar 7, 2008
A pig is a pig whether free range or otherwise. Bonding with a pig is like bonding with barbecue.
Category: Humor