We came. We saw. We Spoke.

If we blogged for a living, like some do, we’d have gone out of business long ago. Riding what we call “the hamster wheel” of blogging requires a time commitment that a small company as busy as ours simply can’t carve out. We’re willing to sacrifice a couple of months-worth of posts here and there in order to focus on real work, and January and February—as miserable as they've been—make it easier to stay in “head down” mode and allow a few more opportunities to post slip by. We don’t mind, but we wonder what others think when they visit our blog and see that the most recent entry is over two months old. After all, we’re just as guilty of raising an eyebrow at someone else’s freshness date as anyone.

All that said, we’d like to offer up some signs of life with this very overdue post. I mentioned we’ve been busy. We’ve also been spending time with some videos that have us rethinking our business and our client’s businesses:

• “The surprising truth about what motivates us.”
• “How great leaders inspire action.”
• “A Lesson In ‘Monkeynomics.’”

We’re not sure what exactly these videos will inspire us to do, but now, with spring approaching, it seems like the perfect time to emerge from our hole, check our shadow* and make some plans.

*Yes. Yes, we’re fully aware Groundhog Day was a month ago. Like I said, we’ve been busy!

by W. Gene Powell