WASHINGTON'S LEADING BUSINESS MAGAZINE

COMMENTARY

Articles

Burning the Compact
The old paradigm in employment benefits, circa 1999: What will it take to get you to work for us? A signing bonus? Stock options so you can retire at...
Dear Howard
Dear Howard, You’ve got a problem. You recognize it, I know. Since you’ve retaken the reins, you’ve taken a few modest steps toward making Starbucks...
The Technology Solution
I should be a technology skeptic. The first time I met my father-in-law, a former engineer in the Apollo space program, he told me that satellites...
The Art of the Hire
All companies talk about the value of talent, but one local business, the Seattle Seahawks, clearly lives and dies by the people that it hires to...
Bonus Your Way to Profits!
“I don’t care, Gary. I mean, I have to tell you, I just don’t care about the bonus.” I was listening to Ron, a veteran employee who was telling me...
Digging In
OK, team. Decision time. I know I got elected mayor of Seattle on a promise of not wanting to rock the boat on the whole tunnel-to-replace-the-...
Seeking a Common Language
When Howard Behar, the former president of Starbucks, was a boy growing up in Seattle, his father, a Bulgarian immigrant, owned a neighborhood...
A History of Business
Like many American cities, Seattle was built for the purpose of making money. Oh sure, we may prattle on about our gorgeous setting and being in...
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Whether falling in a mist or a torrent, the Northwest’s rain is familiar and dependable. But as rainwater streams off roofs and across pavement, it...
Enter the Dragon
Despite the prominent place that the People’s Republic of China occupies in the world, its global investments have been comparatively small. While...
Editor's Note: From Knowledge Worker to Conceptual Innovator
On his long journey from golf caddy at age 12 to his current position as CEO of one of our state’s leading defense and aerospace companies, Esterline...