Are tariffs a good idea? One economist’s take
Posted On December 26, 2018
We all want to see the economy grow and create jobs. A favored method in the current U.S. administration’s efforts to accomplish this has been to use or threaten to use tariffs against foreign countries to level the playing field for American businesses. We’ve been told they will save American jobs, but our guest in this episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” economist Peter Ricchiuti of Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business, begs to differ. “I think tariffs are insane,” he said. “They’re a prosperity killer. … I think these things sound good on a political stump, but they… Read More
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Recession Economy, What's Working with Cam Marston
AL Public Radio – Keeping It Real – Christmas Ball Escalation
Posted On December 21, 2018
Keeping It Real – AL Public Radio – Broadcast Date 12/21/18 Christmas Ball Escalation in my Neighborhood
Categories: Keeping It Real
AL Public Radio – Weekly Commentary – Keeping it Real – The Insidious Elf on the Shelf
Posted On December 14, 2018
Alabama Public Radio – Broadcast December 14, 2018 Cam Marston, Keeping It Real The Insidious Elf on the Shelf
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Yes, you can make a living selling popsicles. But it’s not easy.
Posted On December 12, 2018
So you want to be an entrepreneur, but don’t have that big, original idea that no one else has done? What about taking something that’s been done and putting your own twist on it, or simply doing it better? That’s what Octavio and Shannon Arzola did. Some people may have thought our guests in this episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston” were crazy when they decided to open a gourmet popsicle stand in Gulfport, Miss. But in updating an old favorite, the popsicle, using fresh, all-natural ingredients, and going all-in to make their vision a reality, the Arzolas’ business has… Read More
Categories: Entrepreneurship, What's Working with Cam Marston
Why do we quit our jobs? We all have our reasons, and they aren’t the same.
Posted On December 10, 2018
While millennials have developed a reputation for job-hopping, we have in the past noted statistics that show Baby Boomers quit their jobs at a similar pace when in their 20s as well. Dissatisfaction in the workplace is not specific to a generation. But why do we quit? And do those reasons differ between generations? These are questions that were recently put to the test recently in a study by PyschTests.com that was shared by PRWeb.com, which surveyed nearly 500 people with a Turnover Probability Test and got some interesting results. While the reason cited most by millennials for leaving a… Read More
Categories: Blog, Workplace
Co-Working Spaces – Where we Work vs. Where we Want to Work
Posted On December 9, 2018
What will the office of the future look like? Will it feature the open-concept floor plans that are the current rage? Are cubicles gone for good? Or will we even work in offices at all? The future isn’t easy to predict – if it was, sports books and insurance companies would go out of business. But the trends we see in today’s workplaces may give us a good idea of what’s to come. Our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” Mobile-based developer Taylor Atchison, shares his thoughts about current trends in workspaces and what they… Read More
Categories: What's Working with Cam Marston, Workplace
Papa Grows Funk, but what can a musician teach us about growing a business?
Posted On December 6, 2018
In past posts on this blog, we have examined lessons that people from various backgrounds, from military officers to football coaches, can teach us about running a business. But stay with us on this next one: What about musicians? Our guest in this week’s episode of “What’s Working with Cam Marston,” is John “Papa” Gros, a longtime New Orleans musician who toured the world with his band, Papa Grows Funk, but often found himself dealing with issues that might seem familiar to managers in many different lines of business. Papa Grows Funk came together organically, Gros says – they knew… Read More
Categories: Blog, Podcast, What's Working with Cam Marston
Keeping It Real – What each city’s tallest building says about that city.
Posted On November 29, 2018
Keeping It Real – AL Public Radio Air Date: 11/30/18 I remember a college professor saying that each city’s tallest building reflected what that city’s character was, even what they worshiped. So I look around this fall during my travel to San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Atlanta…
Categories: Keeping It Real
We’ve seen the millennial office, but what will an iGen workspace look like?
Posted On November 26, 2018
We’ve spent a good bit of time in this space discussing the aspects of a millennial workspace. But perhaps, with iGen now starting to enter the workforce, we should consider what they will want in an office as well. Beatriz Sanchez, a contributor at globalfurnituregroup.com, did just that recently, and the picture she paints is quite a bit different from the trends we’re seeing now. Instead of the open, collaborative spaces millennials crave, iGen employees are looking for predictability and structure, Sanchez says; they’re independent and like to have their own workspaces. They prefer face-to-face communication to the email and… Read More
Categories: Generation Y / Millennials, iGen, Workplace
Keeping It Real – AL Public Radio – Broadcast Date: 11-16-18
Posted On November 16, 2018
Keeping It Real AL Public Radio Maybe I’ve Been Rushing Things
Categories: Keeping It Real