history – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:22:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 Values >> Culture >> Reputation >> History https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/values-culture-reputation-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=values-culture-reputation-history Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:22:52 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8369 In the life-cycle of a company — be it a high tech startup or a paint manufacturer — the initial culture of the company is grown from the seed corn of the founders’ values. The first challenge for any founder is to codify his/her values while recognizing that she/he owns the culture when the ink […]

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]]> Reading History With A Critical Eye https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/reading-history-with-a-critical-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-history-with-a-critical-eye Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:26:46 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7937 I believe that the United States of America has produced two superlative leaders in its entire history: George Washington and George C Marshall. I have been a student of history (said the guy with degrees in civil engineering, economics, math [the economics and math degrees come from the electives I took for civil engineering wherein […]

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]]> History in the Digital Age https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/history-in-the-digital-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=history-in-the-digital-age https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/history-in-the-digital-age/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:42:22 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2957 Big Red Car here.  Hey, it’s in the 40s today but in a couple of days we’ll be back to the 70s.  So. it’s not quite convertible weather for me and the housekeeper. So, The Boss and one of his brilliant CEOs are talking the other day and it gets around to the impact of […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/history-in-the-digital-age/feed/ 6 The Historic Impact of Twitter https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-historic-impact-of-twitter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-historic-impact-of-twitter https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-historic-impact-of-twitter/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:08:40 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2739 Big Red Car here.  Ahh, finally a bit of sun here in the ATX.  Not going to be too warm but going to be very bright and sunny.  And it is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! On Earth as it is in Texas, ya’ll! So The Boss has been thinking about Twitter.  He likes it as a communication mechanism […]

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