Over the past week, VSP and the AOA have taken their differences over inclusion in Obamacare out of the conference room and into to the boxing ring. The public action appears…
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In early September, Cleinman Performance Partners hosted a weekend event for those members of Cleinman Performance Network who were celebrating their ten year anniversary. Some 30 individuals were treated to an…
Wise words about innovation. If you’re not the one who makes the idea, be the one who makes the idea better.
All of us walk through life with certain preconceptions. These “opinions based on inadequate information” are often a barrier to our ability to effectively lead and make decisions. In our…
VSP just announced that it was adding a second on-site clinic for one of its clients. VSP previously and quietly opened an on-site vision care clinic at a facility for Cisco Systems…
We’re making our final plans for the new series of Business of Eyecare Forums. This one-day practice leadership university will visit 20 cities over the next year including Cleveland, Knoxville,…
It’s not every day that one’s brother publishes a novel. My youngest brother, David, has been writing for many, many years and finally published his first book last year…and his…
“There are only two products in this world. Solutions to Problems and Warm Fuzzies.” Author Unknown. In a recent letter to the editor in the AOA News, Kevin Katz, O.D.,…
I often tell my clients that “marketing is everything…our products, how we walk, how we talk, our facilities, our people…indeed everything we do.” With entirely new channels of communication opening daily and marketing at the…
In a recent news release, VSP announced that they’re expanding their “affiliate program” begun with Costco last October. The new agreement is with HVHC’s 545-unit Eye Care Centers of America…
I don’t often write or even speak about politics. My reticence likely stems from growing up with parents who owned a small-town grocery store. We learned to never talk religion,…
I just had a most unusual/surprising call…from the New York Yankees. Yep…me…the Yankees. Here’s the story. My oldest son and I went to a Yankee’s game last Friday to watch the New…
FastCompany reports that Jawbone – the company that makes Bluetooth headsets and wireless speakers – has come up with a new product called Up, described as a “wearable band” that…
It’s clear that patients have many alternatives today for vision care and eyewear. Today, many ECPs feel threatened by the internet; and some members of the industry feel that it’s critical…
Feeling a bit down? Life not going as you think it should? Well, when little things bother you, or if you’re just looking for a little inspiration to share with your team,…
A reader, who happens to visit many optometrist's offices, sent me a copy of VSP's Promotional Literature for their individual plan. This is the plan where VSP goes directly to…
The banter about VSP's opening of a vision center on the Cisco campus in San Jose has been significant. Announced on this blog on May 11th, the topic is hot…
My nephew, Jordan, is 15 and is a car nut. He's a very bright young man with lots of entrepreneurial energy. He's been writing a blog about high performance cars…
The other day, I found myself in Marlborough, Massachusetts for one of our Business of Eyecare Forum events. This program, a one-day practice leadership "university," is loaded with lessons on…
