Catalyst Strategic Consultants

I’ve been exposed to this incredible approach… Just got back from being trained in something so fresh and potent for growth companies, I’m on fire to show it to you. Save the date: September 18, 2014. Many of you know I have made it my business to find the avenues of help for my mid-size […]

Robert Genn died this week. Bob was a painter who wrote his story big. A West Coast guy who started small ending with a huge impact around the world. A teacher who evoked an era and gave pragmatic and forthright guidance. And a father who included and elevated his children on his own journey. First, […]

The book is called Simple Numbers. It’s on Amazon – ebook and other formats. And Greg’s roundish face will be right beside the templates on YouTube if you’re curious about exactly how to recast your biz $$$ so they actually tell you something. While it might still do you some good. A lot of good. […]

I’m ipadding you from the verandah of Beso Del Viento. The view is above. The roaring Pacific is just over the road beyond the palms. Costa Rica is an informed banana republic. As a people they have learned to preserve nature – with superb results. Pura Vida – that’s the national slogan – “Pure life”. […]

Well, here it is, what do you think? The Box: Literality, Enemy of Intelligence One of the most elemental aspects of intelligence is the ability to make leaps. If you are confined by the box that surrounds you and can’t see over the sides, then you are its prisoner. Many of those who work for […]

Folks wonder why spend time on the soft stuff – the people side – when there are so many more direct and straightforward aspects of business to attract attention and time. More than one President has said to me: “business would be great if it wasn’t for the people!”. They are awkward, consuming, intractable, difficult […]

I’m getting ready to go there and I invite you to ride along. I have been a realist painter for some time and it was in that spirit that I studied Rembrandt and Vermeer. Rembrandt was really not so much of a realist as a complete savant – a wizard like Steve Jobs who comes […]

We went down to Eau Claire Cinema, our new cultural home. It is also the home of Doc Soup: a series of revolutionary documentaries you can’t see elsewhere. And the film was titled as above, one that had been reviewed in the NY Times and couldn’t be seen in Calgary otherwise. Good for these guys […]

Last night at a celebratory dinner at Mercato West, Al, Nona, Elaine and I got onto a revealing topic. And a great treasure and potential loss came into view. We are all baby boomers so this is unique to our generation – perhaps. Actually the more I think of it, there are likely newer citizens […]

Gerry Faust was just here, speaking to our TEC 217 group. Gerry is one of the greats in our venerable institution. Despite being in his 70’s, he continue to add new spark. Strategic Planning – now there’s an old activity if there is one. The logic of “how to do it” is so ingrained that […]