by Max Joy | May 2, 2016 | Culture
“Why?” “Why” is what gets me from “Have to” to “Want to”. It is what helps me gather an emotional connection for the item, project, reminder, task. “Why” reminds me who’s going to be affected....
by Max Joy | Apr 26, 2016 | Business
OK, by now you will have observed that every single start-up, small business, and entrepreneur is claiming to be disruptive, but that claim always falls apart as soon as it’s dissected in any reasonable way. Firstly, let me explain that as a small business...
by Max Joy | Apr 20, 2016 | Business
Recently, I found myself extolling the virtues of being a small business owner and operator. Eventually the all-important question was asked: “I don’t see how you can compete with established, big companies in your market, though. If I’m a...
by Max Joy | Apr 15, 2016 | Efficiency and Productivity
Higher customer expectations from increased competition demand that your service business change its offering to remain relevant. How? Well you can either shrink your service based costs (usually staff…never a great move and will take you years to recover...
by Max Joy | Apr 13, 2016 | Efficiency and Productivity
What does an hour of time cost your business? Well, if you have mobile employees it could be plenty! For each hour a mobile employee is at work the business needs to recover their hourly wage, all the costs associated with employing them, the cost of any tools or...