Startups: Building Your Board of Advisors

Last week marked thinkspace’s three year anniversary and every time I hit a time-based milestone I tend to become introspective. Over the last year, I have been working on the pillars and foundation blocks of my business. Those being company core values, culture, one page strategic plan, getting the right people on the team, implementing […]

Step Back: Gain Perspective

You see vivid colors that are sort of swirled together: a little bit of burnt orange highlights over a dark brown, and many different shades of green. You can make out individual brush strokes and the grain of the canvas. But it really doesn’t look like much; Just a bunch of colors tossed together. Really, […]

Introduction to The Three Laws of Performance

Last month, the thinkspace book club read The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting The Future of Your Organization and Your Life by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan. I’m writing this post to give our online community some insight into what we read and learned. The book started off by discussing “The Power of Rewriting The […]

Stress in the Workplace

Stress. It’s a word that’s been on my mind a lot lately. How do you handle stress when things get hectic at work? Wikipedia defines workplace stress as, “The harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.“ I […]

It’s a Mistake to Hire a Gen Y

Lack of work ethic. Demanding and impatient. Those are a few of the words used to describe Generation Y who are now in the workforce. Gen-Y’s are people born between 1977 and 1992 and are between the ages of 19 and 34. Wikipedia describes Gen-Y’s as “…the “Trophy Generation”, or “Trophy Kids,” a term that […]

Was the White iPhone 4 Release a Victory?

I know you are all wondering what I decided to do since I wrote my last blog post asking the question, “Should I Wait For The iPhone 5?” But before I tell you if I’ve given in, I wanted to talk about Apple’s latest product launch: the White iPhone 4. According to CNN Money, on […]