Engineering Your Business Podcast
Do More With What You Have093: R is for Rest [ABC’s of EYB]
While most of our topics in the ABC's series have to do with taking some kind of action, today's is a little different. Today, we're going to talk about Rest. In one way, rest is one of those largely overlooked aspects to engineering your business because on the surface it doesn't seem to do anything.…
092: Q is for Questions [ABC’s of EYB]
Today's topic on the ABC's of Engineering Your Business is a familiar theme - Questions. If you've been around the podcast for any length of time you've seen this pop up in the areas of curiosity, problem solving, the 5 Why's and more. But questions are truly one of the unsung heroes of the business…
091: P is for People [ABC’s of EYB]
Unfortunately, P is pretty far back in the alphabet. For the sake of the ABC's of Engineering Your Business, I'd love to change that only because today we're going to talk about the most important part of your organization: your People. If you're listening to this podcast, no doubt you would agree that people are…
090: O is for One Thing [ABC’s of EYB]
Years ago I read the book The One Thing. It challenged me in a lot of ways and gave me a lot to think about. Perhaps the biggest takeaway was this quote from author Gary Keller: "What's the ONE THING you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?"…
089: N is for Names [ABC’s of EYB]
Want to make a big impact on people in your organization today? Learn and use their names when you interact with them. It's that simple. I don't know all the brain or scientific mumbo jumbo involved with this, but there is a power in having someone use your name when they talk to you, especially…
088: M is for Meetings [ABC’s of EYB]
Have you ever heard the phrase "that meeting could have been an email?" Unfortunately, that is often the case. And while the humble meeting has fallen on hard times in our world these days, I want to suggest that there is still a place for meetings, but maybe a re-imagined place. We've all been in…
087: L is for Learn [ABC’s of EYB]
When was the last time someone told you something and you honestly paused and said "hmmm... I didn't know that."? Today's topic should be a no-brainer, but one of the best things you can do for yourself and for your organization is to be a lifetime learner. This means that you've never arrived at that…
086: K is for Kanban [ABC’s of EYB]
Today, as we continue our ABC's of Engineering Your Business with the letter K we're going to focus on the concept of Kanban. You may never have heard the term before and up until the last ten years or so it only really existed within Lean Manufacturing circles. It is a Japanese term that actually…
085: Odes to the Office Volume 1
I've heard from several friends and listeners since I started who've told me that the Odes to the Office are some of their favorite episodes. These are fun poems that I write making light of various aspects of business or office life. I usually like to put one out every other Friday. But today, I…
084: J is for Just [ABC’s of EYB]
Not all words are the same. I'm sure that's the most obvious sentence you've heard all day unless someone already told you android phones are better than apple. OK, please don't hate me, though you can choose to disagree from your apple device if you'd like. But today, we're going to talk about a word…
