January 10, 2012
Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you all well and ready to face 2012 with enthusiasm, confidence, and a glimmer of optimism for the year ahead of us. Let’s all agree to put a little something on the bottom line this year and have some...
November 9, 2011
My wife and I had the recent pleasure of attending the NWCB fall board meeting in downtown Seattle, WA. Occupy Wall Street protesters were there too, walking the streets, a sign of the ominous times we live in.
August 26, 2011
As is my way with each Captain’s Chair column, I sit down to write never knowing for sure what will come out – I hope it doesn’t seem that way once I do get it written. Anyway, I have just turned the big 60 and must admit this has...
June 20, 2011
One discussion I enjoy having with my colleagues (other than about Canucks hockey) is the one about what is the most important aspect guiding your purchase decision making process – price, quality, service, or personal relationships? It’...
March 30, 2011
At the time of writing this, we are all just absorbing the enormity of the earthquake in Japan and the subsequent destruction from the tsunamis that followed. As I took my warm shower this morning in our comfortable suburban home, I couldn’t...
February 10, 2011
Sometimes I get challenged on the topics chosen for this little column. My goal is to write something that is a tad editorial with the goal of stimulating some food for thought in a technical setting while avoiding outright controversy. I usually...
