PAULA M. PARKER

If architect, systems theorist and inventor R. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller were alive today advising entrepreneurs maybe he’d hammer this...

A Sumerian bazaar office environment. Wacky idea? Maybe not. Post pandemic, businesses are grappling to redesign the workplace. Remote....

His hand goes up. The audience gasps. Simon stops the singer, “It’s the wrong song, can you rehearse another one and try again.”...

Challenges, business owners face a lot of them. Just watch the news, scratch that, maybe not. So, here’s a question. Do you know any...

If this LinkedIn poll question was asked once, it’s been asked a bazillion times. “Is there really a “Great Resignation,” looming? I’ll...

Have you noticed it too? LinkedIn is rife with posts barking at leaders, “Be vulnerable!” Influencers and expensive consultants, who...

On a recent Construction Disruption podcast, host Todd Miller, President of Isaiah Industries asked, “Paula what is alchemy in business....

They said, “It can’t be done.” People couldn’t see the vision for a Pond Street renovation until bulldozers began moving mountains of...

“Paula M. Parker, what a platitude.” That remark on LinkedIn came from someone who disagreed with my comment to Dan Price, Founder & CEO...

“Instead of baby showers, let’s host business showers for startup company entrepreneurs,” Elon Musk. I’m not sure if he actually said...

Call me Captain Obvious, I’ll say it anyway. Successful businesses existed long before social media. So, is it me? Or have you noticed...

Divorce. It could happen the month before Christmas. Some people look the other way when something’s wrong. I don’t. A relationship...

People were fidgeting. Fingers tapped the table. And if facial expressions could talk, they’d have said, “I’d chew my arm off to get out...

Nope. I’m not comparing you or any other business owner to a gangster. Absolutely not. But I will highlight one aspect of his...

Squirrels are eating us out of house and home, black sunflower seeds to be exact. The contest is constant. So far, it’s squirrels,...

What’s your go-to method to take an idea from your imagination to profitable reality? Do you study, plan and implement? Do you collect...

If you’re ready to hang a shingle or revamp an existing company let’s talk about two unconventional skills to help you succeed in business.

The skills you'll need to rebuild and succeed aren't in a book because ....

If your business was sidelined, like millions of others due to the Governor’s orders, did you introspect while off the hamster wheel? Did...

Go to a grocery store before the media predicts, “SNOW STORM!” There’s a run on water. Bread. Batteries. Peanut Butter. Shoppers with...