For business owners. The need to create and innovate cannot be overlooked. You need to make sure that your business is leading the way in your industry. If you don’t, you may find that you end up getting left behind.  Of course, technology is at the forefront of the vast majority of business innovations today.…

When I was eight years old, my grandmother used to force me, with violence, to go to church with her. She would drag me by the ear for a 10-minute walk from her house to the church’s pews. I believe my grandmother loved me, but she never hesitated to use violence against me. She would…

About Andi Simon Andrea J. Simon, Ph.D., (“Andi”) is an international leader in the growing field of corporate anthropology, an award-winning author, and founder and CEO of Simon Associates Management Consultants (SAMC). SAMC was founded two decades ago to apply the theory, methods, and tools of anthropology to help companies, organizations, and communities adapt to…

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  Before the COVID-19 pandemic business had other priorities and it seemed like simpler times. Many companies were making great progress in their efforts to be more environmentally friendly, yet since the pandemic, it’s understandable if these have gone out of the window or if they have simply become irrelevant…

Pixabay CC0 License One common issue that afflicts many entrepreneurs, especially in the early days of their business ventures, is the drive to try and constantly micromanage every aspect of the operations of their business. On the one hand, this is a pretty understandable impulse. If you have invested your blood, sweat, tears, and your…