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HUMINT or SIGINT?
I still want to be a spy. I’m 58, but I’m pretty sure that a recruiter from some clandestine government agency will call soon and teach me how to take out a bad guy with a clothespin. I guess I read too many spy novels. The old-school spies in the books I love best focus on “HUMINT” (human intelli...
11 great tips for the young (or new) employee
We have a number of new college graduates and young employees now working in our business headquarters. Our two summer interns joined the company as full-time employees, and three others were hired straight from graduation. They watch with intensity the goings on in our office; each high and low p...
Debunking: People are your greatest asset
Leaders have trumpeted this worn-out buzzword phrase for decades now. And every time it's repeated, it allows leaders to ignore working on the one thing that truly is their greatest asset, or in most cases, their greatest liability. We never say people are our greatest asset -- to them, to ourselv...
The best you is waiting for a mentor
A mentor is like no one else in your life. If you don’t have one, find one. If you’ve already arrived, I hope you’ll become one. Mentors guide us to a new destination in life, and sometimes we don’t even know where that is. They teach us to be the best at what we’re to become. Mentors have walked...
Is coworking cooler than college?
Anyone growing up has a rough idea of what they think success should look like. For teenagers, their heroes are people who have launched their own video games, started a band, filmed a rockumentary, created a mobile app, written a graphic novel or won a major video game tournament. To them, the ac...
How do you manifest stress?
Stress is simply a signal within your body that gives you the opportunity to identify and adjust your perception of any situation. You are not a victim to life unless you choose to be. Practice being the observer of your life instead of the reactor. Practice becoming a curious human being about ev...
The futurist: Will coworking replace college?
When I first brought up the idea of coworking taking over colleges, it seemed like an absurd notion. But there is a secret reason that very few people are grasping. At first glance, the highly structured ivory towers of academia seem to be on the opposite end of the spectrum from the unstructured...
The energy-water nexus
Colorado’s natural environment has always been central to our state’s character, economy and worldwide appeal. Our state regulators have repeatedly enforced tough regulations designed to ensure that our environment remains protected alongside energy development. For decades, elected officials hav...
Heart of Lyons
In the low-lying confluence area between the North and South Saint Vrain rivers – the heart of “Old Town” Lyons – mule deer graze amid crumbling structures slated for demolition. […]
Executive wheels: Nissan steps up
As probably everyone knows, Nissan, like all of the Japanese-based car makers, has a luxury division, and that is Infiniti. I drove these two vehicles back-to-back over two weeks, and I put them here in the same review because getting into the QX60 in the second week was something of a déjà vu – t...
Cultivating intuition for success
Listen to yourself. Many of us recognize this as intuition, instinct, or sixth sense. Passionate Pursuers have the ability to connect with this inner voice. Messages from the wise self may be communicated through head, heart, or hands energy, as well as through intuition. This perception capabilit...
Does your company qualify for an R&D tax credit?
Does your company spend time and resources in the development and/or improvement of a product, process, formula, technique, software or invention? If so, you should consider taking advantage of both federal and state research and experimentation tax credits. Also known as the “R&D” or “research” t...
