Can you remember when you were young and thinking of meeting friends at the amusement fair? The sense of anticipation, the excitement, and finally meeting up with friends and taking your first ride together. Feeling the buzz of friendship, andrenaline, and a night out.
Today’s world offers lots of opportunities to be creative. It is easier than ever to create a blog, post a photo, or write a tweet. In the business world, the companies that are winning are those that innovate. To innovate, you have to lead your people to be creative. To harness the infinite potential of the people that work for you.
My son Allen and I sometimes go Geocaching. Geocachers leave hidden caches (there is almost certainly one near you) and then they publish the latitude and longitude of the cache, along with hints on how to find it. The photo above shows a magnetic lock box and the geocaching directions that we used to find it. If you have never geocached, you might think that knowing the latitude and longitude would guarantee that you could find the cache. This is rarely the case.
I have worked with computers since I was fifteen years old. I love working with them. Most of the time. In the picture above, I’m happily working on my HP/Compaq laptop. The latest in a long line of laptops I’ve owned. Yesterday, I wasn’t smiling.
One of the biggest transitions of my life was when I became owner of Robelle Solutions Technology. After having worked for the company for twelve years, I bought out Annabelle (the “belle” in Robelle). I became President and was responsible for all company administration, in addition to my CTO responsibilities.