Today a coworker and I spent the better part of the afternoon discussing the ideals we have for business, code, religion, life, etc. As the discussion began to deepen and widen we started to become amazed at the similarities of the foundations for all of these seemingly different arenas in life …

For some reason unknown to me I am occasionally asked to speak to groups of people. Sometimes it has been for personal causes (valedictorian) and religious/spiritual reasons (churches, etc), but mostly it has been about entrepreneurship and silverorange.  •  Two of my favourite speeches:  •  1997 …

A few months back I had the pleasure of reading Good to Great by Jim Collins. While the title and the cover design may seem cheap and cheesy the contents of the book were anything but. While it looks, feels, smells, and reads like a book it is actually a research paper five years in the making …

Having had direct experience over the last few years and assuming that the parts of the government I’ve been exposed to are adequate representations of the whole, I have come to understand that Christmas comes twice a year in Canada (December 25 & March 31). What once was urban legend to me has …

Tonight I received an email from myself. Well at least I thought it was from me. It was from Dan James, but not the usual Dan James I’m used to hearing from while singing in the shower. It was ANOTHER Dan James if you can believe it. While my uniqueness and individuality took a hit the email …

While enjoying a fine pub in Ottawa a few weeks ago, two coworkers and I stumbled onto a conversation regarding customer service. The rule of thumb for most, if not all, service oriented positions & companies is “the customer is always right”. Our conversation started to disagree with this law of …

It starts off like a terrible joke that you would overhear at an overpriced networking event. There were two lawyers, an accountant and a CEO on a golf course. Unfortunately for me, and fortunately for you, I was that CEO and this story is entirely true.  •  It was a sunny day in June 2002 and I …

It’s somewhat inevitable. When one gets a blog one must make that first awkward post. So here it is in its entire splendor. Thanks to all who made this happen, you know who you are.