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Joel D Canfield is a Business Heretic. He writes books and other stuff to help you succeed, however you define success, using the trust that comes from putting a more human face on your business

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Decide Now, Before It Gets Harder

June 8th, 2010

New Business Heretics Weekly Radio Ballyhoo thing posted wherein Tom and I talk about quality, real and perceived, tough ethical decisions, and finding a diverse brainstorming group.

So, how's this working for you? High enough signal-to-noise ratio? Anything we should be talking about, but aren't? Wanna join us?

Look; there's a comments section down there! Maybe you should say something.

Losing Your Place in the Story

May 20th, 2010

New Business Heretics Weekly Radio Ballyhoo posted. Tom and I talk about what you do when you're presenting, speaking in some level of formality, and you lose your place.

We also discuss briefly why chairs and tables should have three legs, and why they have four instead. It fits, really it does.

Oh; here's my clip from the show; the place where Tom got me to yell 'Bingo!' right in the middle of his sentence:

Signal and noise in your presentation

Choice. Chance. Change. New Radio Show Posted

April 21st, 2010

Check out the newest episode of the Business Heretics Weekly Radio Ballyhoo to hear me talk about choices and chance and change.

I recorded the show solo, sitting under the moon and clouds on the deck in our back yard.

Avoid Arguments by Assessing Content and Agenda

March 2nd, 2010

We had a great launch today; I think the radio show is going to be even more fun than I expected.

We talked about how to avoid getting sucked into fruitless and pointless arguments with people who don't seem to grasp the fundamental rules of engagement in logical debate. Tom's excellent point was that we need to, as early as possible, assess two things: content and agenda.

Hear Tom's explanation in this 2-minute clip from today's show.