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March 21, 2019 - Its Time to Sell the Bananas - JVH, Parking Today - The Parking Industry must adapt to changing times. We must become ...

March 20, 2019 - A PIE 2019 FLY BY — IP Parking - JVH, Parking Today - Tell me this isn’t the best. Thanks to the gang at IP Parking ...

March 19, 2019 - It May Not be Right, But it’s the Way It Is - JVH, Parking Today - PIE 2019 was winding down. The exhibit hall was closed ...

March 19, 2019 - “Air Garage” Campus Parking Using “Space Force” - JVH, Parking Today - Here’s the deal – Through the use of an app, an ...

March 18, 2019 - PIE 2019 – a Team Effort Thanks to All - JVH, Parking Today - The Parking Industry Expo 2019’s success was the result ...

March 18, 2019 - Conference Featuring Israeli Parking Technology - JVH, Parking Today - Israel is known for its high-tech sector, and parking is not forgotten. The Israel Conference on ...

March 8, 2019 - How to rebuild trust in a toxic workplace - “Avoid rationalizing, avoid becoming defensive when you hear something you don’t ...

March 6, 2019 - Parking Industry Expo 2019 – A Smorgasbord with Dessert - Taste All the Offerings - JVH, Parking Today - You Must Taste the Entire Event! I have been looking through ...

March 5, 2019 - Heat Wave Hits Chicago! - JVH, Parking Today - All things are relative, right. It’s going to be in the 40s in Chicago during PIE ...

March 4, 2019 - Men are almost 40% more likely to be narcissists. Science explains why they often become leaders - Why are men more narcissistic? From an evolutionary standpoint ...

March 1, 2019 - Culture Starts With Core Values - George Baker Sr., Founder, Chairman & CEO at ParkHub - After brainstorming and short-listing, I came down to these five core values: Clear, respectful and honest communication: Trust ...

Feb 28, 2019 - See you at PIE 2019: A Story about George and Gracie - JVH, Parking Today - I’m told I’m a story teller. I have been asked to craft a story to go along with Dale ...

Feb 26, 2019 - 7 successful women explain how they got the sponsor that changed their careers - “A mentor, frankly, is a nice to have, but you can survive a long time in your career ...

Feb 24, 2019 - Do I want to Live to be 100? - JVH, Parking Today - Happy Birthday, Larry, many happy returns. My guess is that there will be ...

Feb. 22, 2019 - Teamwork is crucial to workplace success – Here’s why! - Creating an environment where teamwork is encouraged ...

Feb 19, 2019 - How To Create A Diverse Workforce Culture - Diversity in the workplace is one of the key elements in driving innovation ...

Feb 14, 2019 - There Really Is a PIE in the Sky - JVH, Parking Today - When we started the Parking Industry Expo nearly two decades ...

Feb 13, 2019 - It’s time to awaken the humanity in business - Any company shifting toward a humanity-optimized business should have a strong internal voice of the customer ...

Feb 12, 2019 - PIE 2019 - An Invitation… Midwestern Parking Resource Forum - JVH, Parking Today - This is an event where agencies of all sizes can come together and discuss ...

Feb 11, 2019 - PIE 2019 – A Resource to help you Win the Smart Parking Smart City Challenge - JVH, Parking Today - You can be the leader in your community in the Smart Parking Smart ...

Feb 8, 2019 - How to build accountability into your corporate culture - It’s the ability of a person to provide focus on an initiative, make ...

Feb 7, 2019 - Communications and Trust - JVH, Parking Today - Over on Parknews.biz there’s a great article on the differences we can expect ...

Feb 4, 2019 - 5 ways work culture will change by 2030 - company culture is the second most important factor candidates consider when considering whether to work for a company ...

Feb 1, 2019 - You Still Have to Pay for the Transit Part - JVH, Parking Today - San Diego is joining a long list of cities changing the way ...

Feb 1, 2019 - PIE 2019: Lights! RFID! Enforcement! - JVH, Parking Today - Want to learn everything there is to know about ...

Jan 31, 2019 - Parking – Are We Partners or Are We Prey? - JVH, Parking Today - There are some big names out there – Visa, Apple, Google ...

Jan 31, 2019 - Its Time to Play Offense - JVH, Parking Today - I was supposed to fly to Chicago on Tuesday for an interview with Yona Shtern ...

Jan 31, 2019 - Can you really meet 30 people in 90 minutes? Yep at PIE - JVH, Parking Today - Studies have shown that you ‘size someone up’ in anywhere from one to seven ...

Jan 30, 2019 - No Offense/None Taken: My Blog and Clarity - JVH, Parking Today - My blog below on renaming the parking industry (Parking thy ...

Jan 30, 2019 - Parking thy name is Mobility - JVH, Parking Today - I have been musing about name changes and when I did my daily review ...

Jan 29, 2019 - Hyundai Predicts Level 4 AV in 11 years. Level 5??? - JVH, Parking Today - Two years ago we discussed in detail when ...

Jan 29, 2019 - Midwest Parking Resource Forum Launched at PIE 2019; Municipal Parking Managers – Don’t Miss This Major Event - JVH, Parking Today - This is an event where parking managers from cities of all sizes can come ...

Jan 29, 2019 - Brand purpose is the future for the majority of marketing leaders - At Davos last week, P&G chief marketing officer Marc ...

Jan 28, 2019 - Do you Lack Original Thought? - JVH, Parking Today - We live in a world of clichés. Our businesses are surrounded by ...

Jan 28, 2019 - PIE 2019: Mobility is more than a Service; MaaS includes Smart Parking as well - JVH, Parking Today - One of the highlights of the Smart Parking Symposium being held as ...

Jan 25, 2019 - What using these 5 clichéd phrases says about your management style - Falling back on expressions like, “Let’s think outside the box,” sends unintended ...

Jan 22, 2019 - World of Concrete - JVH, Parking Today - When I tell my friends I’m attending the “World of Concrete” trade show, they usually ...

Jan 21, 2019 - Your Item has Shipped - JVH, Parking Today - I ordered something on line. I didn’t realize I was ordering it from France ...

Jan 21, 2019 - Paul Baard's Motivation Matters: A CEO who put employees first - provide an environment in which people want to work ...

Jan 18, 2019 - What Is The Difference Between Management And Leadership? - Manage the things you need to manage, but lead the people you are supposed to lead ...

Jan 14, 2019 - Not Vaporware, This is Reality - Arrive, P97 and +chargepoint+ - JVH, Parking Today - Arrive, teaming with P97 and +chargepoint+ held an executive Round Table ...

Jan 14, 2019 - Can you train for emotional intelligence? - Emotional intelligence may be the most important soft skill for the ...

Jan 10, 2019 - Some Developers are “Spooked” over Parking - JVH, Parking Today - One of the speakers at the Arrive seminar yesterday was ...

Jan 9, 2019 - If You Think You Know What “The Last Mile” Means, You Are Probably Wrong! - JVH, Parking Today - I thought “First Mile, Last Mile” issues dealt with Mobility as a Service and ...

Jan 9, 2019 - COMPANY OF 2018: 14 Months, 120 Cities, $2 Billion: There's Never Been a Company Like Bird. Is the World Ready? - E-scooters are a controversial business. Don't expect Bird's driven founder, Travis ...

Jan 7, 2019 - The new ways we could get hacked (and defended) in 2019 - Experts from the NSA and Darktrace discuss AI, invisible security ...

Jan 4, 2019 - How to redesign your days to give you back a few extra hours every week - We’ve all got a fixed 24 hours in a day and 7 days in ...

Jan 2, 2019 - How to Have a Good Conversation - Celeste Headlee - When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about ...

Jan 2, 2019 - Electric Cars, Pollution and You - JVH, Parking Today - A year or so ago I commented on an article that posited that ...

Dec 31, 2018 - Hate 2018 Style - JVH, Parking Today - There are, at last count, 328 million people in the US. Keep that number in mind ...

Dec 31, 2018 - And Have the Wisdom to Know the Difference - JVH, Parking Today - As we head into the New Year, we are supposed to think ...

Dec 27, 2018 - One Size Doesn’t Fit All - JVH, Parking Today - It never hurts to be reminded that our personal experience can strongly ...

Dec 21, 2018 - Merry Christmas from Park News - Remembering Christmas - JVH, Parking Today - It was created by our newest staff member Jordan Weiner. I don’t know if it was ...

Dec 19, 2018 - How to Make Cross-Functional Operations a Team Effort - the need to bring together people with disparate, yet extremely complimentary skills to work on a project ...

Dec 17, 2018 - Paul Found What’s in it for Him - JVH, Parking Today - OK, the expo was over. Paul had survived. When he returned to his desk ...

Dec 17, 2018 - Merry ??????? - JVH, Parking Today - I have noticed that the number of Christmas Cards we have received is way ...

Dec 17, 2018 - The hidden networking gap between men and women - According to the study, women often hesitate to ask for help ...

Dec 14, 2018 - Creativity Is The Skill Of The Future - since technology is only going to advance, the question is: what will be the most coveted skill of the future? ... it is creativity

Dec 13, 2018 - In venture capital, it’s still the age of the unicorn - This month marks the 5-year anniversary of Aileen Lee’s landmark article, “Welcome To The Unicorn Club”. At the time ...

Dec 12, 2018 - The Age of Unicorns - Today the technology industry is crowded with billion-dollar startups. When Cowboy Ventures founder Aileen Lee coined the term unicorn as a label ...

Dec 12, 2018 - Suddenly we have a Unicorn – Now What? ParkJockey on the Rise - JVH, Parking Today - When one refers to a Unicorn today, its not a mythical horse, but a high tech startup ...

Dec 11, 2018 - That Nasty 30% Cruising for Parking – Now Harper’s Magazine is on the Case - JVH, Parking Today - I can’t seem to get away from this number: 30%. That’s what everyone ...

Dec 10, 2018 - A City in the Sand - JVH, Parking Today - I spent last week traveling to Dubai to speak at Gulf Traffic, a trade event covering ...

Dec 10, 2018 - Set the Conditions for Anyone on Your Team to Be Creative - One of the most damaging myths about creativity is that there is a specific “creative personality” that some ...

Dec 5, 2018 - 5 myths about the future of work that you need to stop believing - we all will have to learn how to leverage humanities ...

Dec 4, 2018 - WIIFM - part 5 - JVH, Parking Today - Paul didn’t realize it, but he wanted an event that stressed WIIFM, that’s “What’s In It ...

Dec 4, 2018 - Can a two-page resume increase your odds of getting hired? - Despite the long-held convention, a recent study has found ...

Dec 3, 2018 - The Search for Perfection - part 4 - JVH, Parking Today - He guessed he wanted a user-friendly event where he could feel ...

Nov 30, 2018 - There Wasn’t Enough Aspirin on the Planet - part 3 - JVH, Parking Today - As Paul thought about the trade events the next day ...

Nov 29, 2018 - He Wanted Solutions - part 2 - JVH, Parking Today - He fought his way through airports, couldn’t find the place to register ...

Nov 29, 2018 - Are You Calling Me Stupid? - JVH, Parking Today - This little story is from Julianne over at Flowbird. It can happen to all of us ...

Nov 28, 2018 - The Pressure Was Intense - part 1 - JVH, Parking Today - Paul awoke worrying about everything, his job, his family, his ...

Nov 27, 2018 - Secrets of 13 of the world’s most productive people - You’ve never been busier, and the demands on your time have never ...

Nov 26, 2018 - Every Day Above Ground is a Good Day! Let’s Focus on the Present - JVH, Parking Today - My friend Carla Green over at Clarity Designworks sent this thoughtful ...

Nov 21, 2018 - Happy Thanksgiving - JVH, Parking Today - Its Thanksgiving and time to think about things we can be thankful for ...

Nov 20, 2018 - Mobility and the Resistance - JVH, Parking Today - I was surprised when the woman in charge of “Smart Cities” for Los ...

Nov 19, 2018 - Mobility - Can Parking Survive without it - JVH, Parking Today - The term “Mobility” has suddenly become the buzzword ...

Nov 15, 2018 - Want to be a successful CEO? Get a dog - Turns out the path to career success doesn’t just run through Wharton, but starts with a childhood filled with puppies, kittens ...

Nov 14, 2018 - Parking Organizations are Critical to our Industry - JVH, Parking Today - Like leaves turning color, parking organizations meet during Autumn ...

Nov 13, 2018 - How do These Stories Affect Me? - JVH, Parking Today - I was chatting with a friend the other day and commented that ...

Nov 12, 2018 - The Speed of our Lives, Taking Offense, and Fake News - JVH, Parking Today - I read recently that the Feds are considering dropping the requirement that businesses ...

Nov 12, 2018 - They Had Your Back, Show Them You Have Theirs - JVH, Parking Today - Today we celebrate Veterans Day, formerly Armistice ...

Nov 7, 2018 - How to use pointless meetings to sell your ideas and advance your career - These five steps will enable you to play a leadership ...

Nov 7, 2018 - So, what exactly is a smart city? And why do marketers need to know? - what does this concept really mean, apart from free wifi, sensors to monitor air quality or ...

Nov 6, 2018 - Vote Today! "Its Election Day" - JVH, Parking Today - Have you Voted? There is still time. It seems there is a huge interest in ...

Nov 2, 2018 - Mobility – Private Vehicles Lead the Pack - JVH, Parking Today - “Mobility” is a buzz word. In Australia it refers to assisting ...

Nov 1, 2018 - Disruption in Parking — Another Look - JVH, Parking Today - Back in Early October, I wrote a piece poo pooing disruption in our ...

Oct 29, 2018 - A Fly in the Shoup, Continued… JVH, Parking Today - And then we have to go in and clean up the mess. We had a lot of ...

Oct 25, 2018 - NPA – Welcoming and Engaged - JVH, Parking Today - I have been asked what made this NPA event so special. My answer is ...

Oct 25, 2018 - We Need a Speech About “How to Fail” - JVH, Parking Today - I have been thinking about the keynote speech we all heard at the ...

Oct 24, 2018 - NPA Knocks it out of the Park - JVH, Parking Today - The 2018 National Parking Association Conference and Expo is underway ...

Oct 17, 2018 - City Parking Manager Fined $16K, But He Still has a Job - JVH, Parking Today - A garage manager who is paid over $100,000 a year, has been fined $16,000 for stealing ...

Oct 17, 2018 - A Booming Economy, the Downside - JVH, Parking Today - The economy is booming, companies are growing ...

Oct 16, 2018 - A Fly in our Shoup… JVH, Parking Today - What a great headline – Astrid found it over at Forbes and posted on parknews.biz ...

Oct 16, 2018 - Curbway – All the Best… JVH, Parking Today - I’m always excited when I hear about a new company appearing on the scene. I received a head up call from Charley DeBow ...

Oct 12, 2018 - A Single Finger Salute to “Middle Aged Men in Lycra” - JVH, Parking Today - Our cousins in the UK have similar problems with central cities dying and folks heading to ...

Oct 12, 2018 - Disruption in the Parking Industry, I don’t think so - JVH, Parking Today - First, let’s decide what “disruption” really means. I like this definition from Wikipedia: In ...

Oct 12, 2018 - Can we have both efficient self-driving cars and walkable, livable communities? - Autonomous car proponents say that they will make streets safer 4 pedestrians ...

Oct 11, 2018 - The 5 people you must have in your network - These different views and perspectives should challenge assumptions ...

Oct 8, 2018 - Parking at Costco – I have a solution - JVH, Parking Today - I just got back from Costco. It is surrounded by acres of free ...