by Kevin Baker | Oct 5, 2019 | Blog post, Uncategorized
Several years ago, I read The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Stanford Professor Robert Sutton. At the time, I was President of Monks’ Bread, an Upstate, New York baking company and subsidiary of a parent company...
by Kevin Baker | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog post
Health potential. If we are to reach our peak potential by becoming all we are capable of, managing our health is key. In mid-life, I have become acutely aware that having a better, longer life is only achieved if we have more health and happiness, and less sickness...
by Kevin Baker | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog post
FIVE DOMAINS ON MILITARY OPERATIONS AND THE CHINESE THREAT TO AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA As a resident of Australia, my interest in foreign policy and strategy quickly turned to understanding the Australian air-sea gap strategy, and the Chinese threat when I moved here in...
by Kevin Baker | Jul 28, 2019 | Blog post
As technology grows in the world, humans are being restored to being human. Doing, Knowing, and Being The Doing Economy is rapidly being replaced by robotics and machines. The Knowing Economy is transitioning to artificial intelligence and neural SaaS network...
by Kevin Baker | Apr 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
To continue climbing toward the peak of your potential, and become all you are capable of becoming, you must grow to be brave and learn how to write your own life narrative. To become brave, we cannot look for someone to do for us what we need to do for ourselves....
by Kevin Baker | Mar 23, 2019 | Podcast
Summary: In this episode, learn what The Peak of Potential is. Many people come to a place in life where they move beyond struggling to have the basic physical needs in life such as breathing, food, drink, sleep, and sex. People begin to want to know how to be good,...
by Kevin Baker | Feb 23, 2019 | Blog post
On the last podcast, I talked about the Johari Window and how companies can get things out in the open to improve results. This team building tool is a self-disclosure/feedback/self awareness builder. In any group or organisation, self awareness and effectiveness...
by Kevin Baker | Feb 23, 2019 | Podcast
Summary: In episode we discuss the Johari Window team builder tool. As we “get things out in the open” at work by disclosing information about our feelings, experience, views, motivation, and experience, teams realise their potential more and more. Are...
by Kevin Baker | Feb 17, 2019 | Podcast
Summary: In episode we discuss how to move beyond complicated business strategies and business book templates, into a simpler, effective strategy plan that produces results. In this episode you will learn: Why some CEOs publish fluff, platitudes, and buzzwords in...
by Kevin Baker | Feb 9, 2019 | Blog post
I chose to entitle my podcast “The Peak of Potential” because for over 26 years, I have worked with individuals and organisations to achieve the fullest use of their talents and interests. The ultimate goal of living is to become everything we are capable...
by Kevin Baker | Feb 2, 2019 | Blog post
People often avoid specifying goals for their life, work, or business because that means specifying the conditions of failure. Instead, they set vague, foggy, cliches and targets to avoid looking like a failure. This is simply a formula for chaos. Being vague is a...
by Kevin Baker | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog post
The Australian housing price downturn had moved into household consumption spending in September, with a mixed result in October. In macroeconomics, when wealth rises, household spending growth picks up; when wealth falls, household spending growth slows. Household...
by Kevin Baker | Nov 25, 2018 | Blog post
I fit in with people like Seth Godin. Seth and I both grew up in suburban Buffalo, New York USA. Even though I have never met Godin in person, when I read his work and listen to his podcasts, I feel like I know him. Western New York is a tight knit community of...
by Kevin Baker | Aug 4, 2018 | Blog post
Everyone who knows me is aware that when in the United States visiting my mother on the space coast, we never miss a Space X launch. Last February, while waiting on the beach to watch a rocket take off, I began wondering about the business ventures of companies who...
by Kevin Baker | Jul 14, 2018 | Blog post
Why Meetings Matter I am a results consultant. Getting things done and being productive have always fascinated me. My clients and colleagues through the years know my process and total quality management approach to operational excellence also applies to my passion...
