Category Archives: Improvement

Navigating The New Standards of Beauty; Lessons From Victoria’s Secret

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Chris Niccolls

The highest-earning salespeople are often the most attractive. It’s a difficult metric to quantify but study after study confirms the relationship between appearance and income. Are attractive people drawn to positions where good looks earn them more money? Perhaps these … Continue reading →

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How COVID-19 Killed Nursing Homes!

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Chris Niccolls

America is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. According to FreddieMac, the US has a shortage of 2.5 to 3.3 million homes. Why don’t we build more homes? Because these homes are needed by families with the lowest … Continue reading →

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Super Capacitors, Batteries & The Electric Vehicle Revolution!

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Chris Niccolls

During a technological revolution, change happens quickly. Today, we’re flooded by tech revolutions. Ther are so many it’s difficult to sort them all out. Our power grid is slowly going sustainable, everyone is adding power storage, and vehicles are transitioning … Continue reading →

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Impact Investing: How To De-Risk Deals With A New Financial Model, BRRM!

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Chris Niccolls

Nonprofits are in trouble, big trouble! We depend on nonprofits (charities) for a lot of the world’s Social Good… schools, hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, legal aid, and more. But recent changes may soon spell the doom of nonprofits as … Continue reading →

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Why Not Refill Instead of Recycle?

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Chris Niccolls

Big food companies are revisiting a very retro idea. Why not reuse instead of recycle? Consumers have learned that we haven’t really been recycling for the last 20 years. Instead, we just sent our garbage off to China. Once it … Continue reading →

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A Krafty Lesson About 21st Century Consumers

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Chris Niccolls

The Golden Triangle is an interesting management concept. This magical object allows you to easily build any two sides. The third side, however, is more difficult, and expensive. “Good, Fast, Cheap” is one of the most common golden triangles. Want a good fast … Continue reading →

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The Trump You Know

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Chris Niccolls

The 2016 election was a bit… strange. OK, it was VERY strange! Perhaps stranger than anything else in our lifetime! Today, we will look at just one of the Stranger Things. Specifically, how did Donald Trump win enough votes to become … Continue reading →

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The Big Payoff: IDD Adult Employment

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Chris Niccolls

America is THE Capitalist nation. That’s why not just American citizens, but our Government, really needs to understand some basic Capitalist ideas. Like “Return on Investment” (ROI). For example, President Trump’s trillion-dollar tax cut was supposed to raise wages and pay for … Continue reading →

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Is The Future Of Robotics… Just A Lot Of Garbage?

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Chris Niccolls

By now it’s common knowledge, robots are on the rise. There are robot checkouts in some stores, industrial robots in factories, and warehouse robots that ensure the prompt delivery of your Amazon orders. When the bugs are worked out in … Continue reading →

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Capitalism 2.0: Pay For What You Use!

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Chris Niccolls

In the 2nd grade, my homeroom teacher loved to have unscheduled ethics tests. Her favorite was, “As you walk down the street, and you see a wallet lying on the ground. The wallet is filled with cash. What do you … Continue reading →

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