By Garett Robertson In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.- Dwight D. Eisenhower Most business owners would agree that there is value in strong budgeting and forecasting process, yet few feel confident in...
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Social Impact: Cliche or Value Driver?
By Garett Robertson Our mission is to serve our customers, our employees, our owners and the community. The form of a socially impactful and cliched mission statement for many companies throughout the world. The fact that most mission statements seem to revolve...
Evaluating Culture
By Garett Robertson It is often said that culture trumps strategy in business. Brilliant business models can be completely undermined by bad corporate culture as has been seen with recent turmoil at Uber. Eventually bad culture catches up to the...
The Price of Progress: Humanity’s Great Contradiction
By Garett Robertson The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.Charles Darwin “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” These familiar words spoken by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo moon landing marked a new chapter in the...
Why Does Inequality Matter?
By Garett Robertson Recently I was discussing my models of wealth and income inequality with a friend of mine. During the course of our discussion, he asked me the simple question that has some profound implications on everything for economics and politics to religion...