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The gift of professional growth and inspiration
Since this is the time of year synonymous with sharing and giving, with traditions and legacy, why not spread the gift of professional growth and inspiration around the office? There are many reasons why this would be a worthy resolution. First of all, professional development usually happens when...
The health care PRIME directive
In a recent joint PRIME/Colorado Health Foundation initiative to identify and jumpstart the current players in Colorado’s digital healthcare community, it became painfully obvious that these organizations were predominantly headed up by white males. And since there is documented proof that divers...
Four tips to improve the quality of your day
Life and work bring many surprises, opportunities, challenges and unexpected changes. It can be a jungle out there. Peace, health, and wealth may be illusive. You may wonder, “Over what do I have control?” In Simple Abundance, A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, Sarah Ban Breathnach provides guidance...
Best of CoBiz: Trying customers: A side order of snark
I tell my kids to “try” things all the time: try some sushi, try using your chopsticks, try not to smear wasabi on your sister. They’re on the younger side, so I try to give them the benefit of the doubt as these requests are new territory for them. But as adults and more importantly, as employee...
Where do the really good people go to work?
Sometime in the early nineties, we decided that we were causing some of our own problems because we weren’t training our own salesmen. Business was good and growing, but we […]
Best of CoBiz: Eight signs it’s time to exit the corporate jungle
If you're not cut out for corporate America, don't think that you are stuck there just because you've been there. You're not stuck. You can get out. And, even if you're 55, 65 or 75, there is no time like the present. Of course, the sooner you do get out, the longer you'll actually enjoy going to...
Make or break relationships this holiday season
We actually are biologically wired for empathetic responses along with the ability to read and respond to other people’s emotions. Mirror neurons were discovered in the 1990s by neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzzolatti. They imitate the actions and emotions of other people. They are brilliantly designed...
Made in Colorado: Get your giving going!
1. Colorado Crafted Boxes Sarah Welle and Dulcie Wilcox shared a love of good food and cocktails, leading them to launch a company that didn’t offer run-of-the-mill gift baskets, but […]
New home health care rules
Most employers of home health care workers are aware of the labor law changes affecting their industry starting in January. Many of these employers, however, do not fully appreciate the adjustments they will have to make to their payroll and employment practices to comply with the new rules. Start...
Executive wheels: MINI but mighty
On a recent visit to a Colorado small town, I saw an old MINI, the British one with the right-drive, and I marveled at how small cars used to be. I had just driven the 2014 MINI Cooper S Hardtop, and, given the comparison, I have decided that the new one should be called the MIDI Cooper. It’s stil...
More on the great AI debate
Wherever we find insufficiencies, we create dependencies to help fill the gap, and every “need” produces movement. Using this line of thinking, the human race does not exist as self-sufficient organisms. We all pride ourselves as being rugged individualists, yet we have little chance of surviving...
Putting Colorado on the digital health map
Two of Colorado’s primary initiatives are to be the healthiest and most innovative state in the nation. This challenge was taken on recently in a joint effort between PRIME Health […]
