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About 18 months ago, a new restaurant/bar opened up in my neighborhood called “Angry Ham’s Garage”. (FYI- A “Ham” is someone that lives in Framingham, MA and that’s where this place is located.) Angry Hams had unique décor (garage related decorations) and a unique, vast menu (American, Italian and Asian) and surprisingly low prices considering the quality and quantity of the food. At first, the restaurant was very busy, but over time business got slower and slower. About six months ago, Angry Ham’s was featured on a Spike TV show called “Bar Rescue”. Like many other shows of its kind, a bar business expert (JonRead More →

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I like process. I like order. I like predictability. However, I have learned that managing change is messy. Dave Wieneke reminded me of this again yesterday while I attended his presentation called “The 7 deadly sins of business innovation”. Among other great insights, Dave reminded the audience that “your business is not a project, so don’t manage it that way”. (Learn more about Dave on his website www.usefularts.us ) In most corporate America environments, we try to manage most things like a project. Initiatives have kick-offs, due dates, budgets and “SLT” sign off. We have detailed Excel docs with deliverables and owners. Before we approveRead More →