Words from Ron Hollis

I love Amazon! I have always been a loyal customer to Amazon and their products. I bought one of the first Kindles upon release years ago. While it did not adequately serve my needs, I was anxious for the future generations.
So, here comes the Kindle DX. It is bigger, faster and better. I bought and [...]

While I am not a huge Thomas Friedman fan, in his book, The World is Flat, he did expose for public discussion the changes that have occurred in our world.   With the advent of instant communication, the world is much smaller and much flatter than any time in history.
I recently ran across the following quote [...]

Every year, scores of folks set new years resolutions. Most of them include something about losing a ton of weight by joining the gym. Great revenue opportunity for the gyms each year. However, most folks only go a few times and then quit…..possibly, this is better than those that try to stick it out and [...]

The following few blogs will be summary reports of some major cities visited the past few weeks in Europe.  I was tracking my thoughts and observations about the cities.  The purpose is to share one person’s observations at one point in time. Things can change from weather, seasons, and economies, so these observations could very [...]

The following few blogs will be summary reports of some major cities visited the past few weeks (December 2009) in Europe.  I was tracking my thoughts and observations about the cities.  The purpose is to share one person’s observations at one point in time. Things can change from weather, seasons, and economies, so these observations [...]

The following few blogs will be summary reports of some major cities visited the past few weeks in Europe.  I was tracking my thoughts and observations about the cities.  The purpose is to share one person’s observations at one point in time. Things can change from weather, seasons, and economies, so these observations could very [...]

What makes retail service store in a large chain vary from store to store? Luck, timing, location, leadership or magic? It does seem that leadership might be a critical component to consistent service and execution. Obvious, right…well, I go to a nearby Starbucks to work in the mornings. I have been a regular for years [...]

We are in luck…the Obama administration has finally assigned someone to look over the manufacturing industry and make sure we are coordinated with government. In the WSJ, Ron Bloom has been named the senior counselor for manufacturing….I assume that this is the same as a Manufacturing Czar. From the article, it seems that Bloom has [...]

Business is the sum of the actions of the people in it. All actions contribute to the business, either positively or negatively. When every action of every team member is modeled and improved to optimum performance, then you get the optimal business execution. However, this is impossible, so we business leaders have to focus on [...]

Ok…for those that depend on Atlanta for the current environment, the issue of our water supply is a bit important.  it seems that the issue of pumping water to preserve a few endangered mussels vs. providing water to 4M humans is too difficult to figure out which is more important..huh (guess that’s why i’m not [...]