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How many times have we heard that to be successful you need to think “Outside the Box”? Is it possible that if we focus on the business, we can grow exponentially by playing “Inside the Right Box!” It takes courage to seek success on your own terms by defining the distinct capabilities of your organization, […]

The total eclipse on April 8th, which many had the good fortune to observe, created a quiet time of awe among millions of us. Along with deeply felt emotions, there was respectful silence allowing us to internalize the significance of the event. We wonder what it would be like if we maintained that same respectful […]

As the speed of doing business accelerates, rethinking business models and redesigning organizations have become table stakes activities.To be successful, leaders must get comfortable developing creative relationships with uncertainty.  The current business environment requires the courage to embrace ignorance and radically reframe the questions we ask. Goals need to be focused on setting direction, not […]

An Institutional SuperpowerEvery January, the World Economic Forum convenes in Davos, Switzerland. In addition to a magnificent setting, Davos is the quintessential gathering of political and economic thinking from around the world. Themes emerge that reflect events from the prior year and that inform future business behaviors. This year produced a broad mandate for resiliency […]

“Man’s Inhumanity to man” is a line taken from a dirge written in 1785 by the Scotsman Robert Burn. In it Burn lamented human cruelty, barbarity, and lack of compassion toward other humans. Basically, he was lamenting mankind’s ability to treat others as less than human. The 20th century has been the showcase for man’s […]

AN ACTION WORD! When we decided to share thoughts about Thanksgiving, it seemed it would be a snap. With a successful business, a healthy, happy family, and friends that share keen interests in music and sports, we have a lot to be thankful for and gratitude is central to our lives. Then we saw the […]

As we proceed through the final quarter of the year, our minds often turn to charitable giving. Sometimes it is prompted by our personal desire to make a difference in our community. Other times it is prompted by not-for-profit organizations reaching out to us.  Or it may be suggestions from our accountants as they try […]

Complacency is the silent business killer that strikes without notice and has the power to destroy even the most successful businesses. Andy Grove, one of the founders of Intel, said that “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”We are happy to count ourselves among the paranoid. It is our goal to practice […]

Jack London, the author of The Call of the Wild, and many other unforgettable books said, “you can’t wait for inspiration. You must go after it with a club.” For many of us, it is time to inject that level of energy and power into how we problem solve. We are drowning in real-time and […]

When we were kids, certain kinds of “story telling” got us into BIG trouble. As businesspeople, a different kind of storytelling can be the difference between successful and failed ventures. Stories are the links between facts and logic that move people to action. Stories are how we remember. We tend to forget bullet points and […]

We’ve never thought of spring as a reflective time of year. Rather, it is an energizing, and colorfully vibrant transition from the short, dark days of winter. This year feels different. Not because of any special insight, but because we looked at the calendar and realized that spring is a time when three major religious […]

In our post on “Culture”, we mentioned a trip that the Dye & Eskin, Inc. team was planning to two well-known museums in the greater Washington DC area.On February 22ND, we visited both the National Gallery of Art and the Spy Museum. Two museums, radically different from each other, but equally impactful. Not impactful because […]

In Japanese, the word Ikigai translates to “reason for being.” Ikigai is the intersection of what someone is good at doing, with what they love to do, and with what the world needs. It is an imperative for the workplace and the source of personal fulfillment.We stumbled on “Ikigai” while contemplating the concept of lifelong […]

We are confident that we know the meaning of a word until we try to define it for someone else. That was where we found ourselves with the word “culture. “Turning to Google for help resulted in an amazing 962 million search results in 58 seconds.As luck would have it, one of the first definitions […]

In August 1921, KDKA, a Pittsburgh radio station, broadcast the first professional baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies.  That broadcast set the stage for the role of sports in America to change dramatically from newspaper-reported, local entertainment, to a national economic force. Dye & Eskin, Inc. is a hotbed of sports […]

  The First In a Series of Dog Tales A dog is man’s best friend… King Frederick of Prussia, 1789 Pets are humanizing. They remind us that we have an obligation and responsibility to nurture, care for, and preserve all life. In 1983, Dye and Eskin, Inc. bought the office building where our business continues […]

Think about these names: Mozart, Tschaikovsky, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Sinatra, Sir Elton John, Michael Jackson, Andrea Boccelli, Judy Garland, Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga. Regardless of your age and the genre you prefer, you are likely able to hum something they either wrote, sang or both. Music is immeasurably impactful.Here is a fun […]

Businesses that thrive for over forty years under the same leadership don’t happen by accident. Dye and Eskin is privileged to enjoy that position along with being able to point to the second generation of Eskins as the ultimate succession to this business legacy. After forty-two years in business, and as we look to our […]