by Mike Whitaker | Mar 17, 2022 | Blog Commentary, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, News
The Perfect Storm to End an era of CHEAP
In summary, you and I likely witnessed the cheapest phase of human industrialized history. Cheap was made possible by plentiful and freshly-leveraged foreign labor, abundant food and energy, powerful computing and internet connectivity, imbalanced environmental standards, cheap freight and affordable housing. We have reached a cathartic limit. Global powers will use trade (reward) or boycott (punishment) as the behaviors of totalitarian regimes become harder to ignore — and now we must pay for all of the value received that includes the past and present cost of politics, wars, poor planning and bad policy. Going forward, it will matter more to be energy-efficient, locally-sourced, automated, robotic, smaller and nimble.
by Mike Whitaker | May 6, 2018 | Blog Commentary, Job/Career, News
Philadelphia financial professionals, get ready to ELEVATE your game this week! I’m bringing a keynote message that can change your life and certainly help you deal with your clients. We are going to talk about DECISIONS and how great decisions are made. See...
by Mike Whitaker | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog Commentary, Decisions, Job/Career, Leadership, News
This is more than a tribute; it’s a personal challenge. When a man or woman announces their pending retirement, a sudden measurement occurs — and this one is big — a giant legacy. David Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma, announced this week he intends to...
by Mike Whitaker | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog Commentary, Decisions, Leadership, News
With predictions of flooding over a week in advance, and as heavy rain was falling, there was a pivotal moment of conversation when the big decision was made. It may have been an afterthought or the issue could have been overthought — but the initial result is the...
by Mike Whitaker | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog Commentary, Decisions, News
United Airlines… A Disaster… of Decision Making
This past week we were treated to an amazing and horrible story about the bloodied 69 year-old United passenger who was dragged off his flight with a broken nose, concussion and broken teeth – all because he had been “bumped” by the airline at the last minute because United wanted to fly four crewmembers to another city. The next day, United’s stock dropped hundreds of millions of dollars in company value and customers around the world had one more doubt in their minds about flying these “friendly skies”. In these times, I find it interesting to look at the DECISIONS made by everyone and identify what each person or company could have done differently.
