Innovation: Making a Better Wheel Without Reinventing It

June 9, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

Living in the Information Age has its perks. Everything we want to know or learn is right at our fingertips. Want to be a gourmet chef? Find out online. Want to start a business or create a new …

How To Help Your Provider Help You

June 2, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

The relationship between client and service provider is a two way street. A lot has been written about how your provider can help you better, but what about how you can help your provider to help you better?

I’m …

Fast, Cheap or Right?

May 19, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

When I worked in the animation department of the sign company, we had a saying, “You can get it (your project) fast, you can get it cheap, or you can get it done right. Pick two.”

Actually, it wasn’t …

Your Message and Your Place In The Sun

May 12, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

The information age is a beautiful thing. Everywhere we look, there’s something to learn and a way to learn it. But along with that free-flowing information comes the doubt that there may not be anything new left …

Increase Your Focus, Increase Your Business

May 5, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

Business rituals. Sounds like it should be an oxymoron, doesn’t it? When some folks hear the word “ritual”, their minds may drift in the direction of elaborate robes, magic wands and powerful incantations all performed by candlelight. Or …

The Creative Business Owner

April 28, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

Photo by Wendi Kelly

When I was in art school, many of us students had visions of being successful artists after we graduated. Many of those visions included living the freelance lifestyle. I know I …

Cooking Up a Business

April 7, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

Businesses have many layers. Each layer adds up to build the whole and make it work. When one layer is weak, everything else suffers. Or there could be weaknesses in many of the layers. …

Is Your Business Like a Leaking Faucet?

March 31, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

Out here in the desert, water is a valuable commodity. Us desert dwellers try to conserve it the best we can and keep our water bills as low as possible. Sometimes, if the …

Leadership Advice From A 16th Century Samurai

March 24, 2011 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

Many books that parallel the ways of war and business have been written over the years. The ethics and methods used by the samurai, as well as the mindset of the Japanese culture as a whole, have provided …

One Ringy-Dingy…

April 26, 2010 - Written by Deb Dorchak
 

There was a time not too long ago when my phone and I were not on speaking terms. Part of it was trying to maintain my secret identity. But that was just …