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PROACTIVE Problem Solving
Published January 2025 – Stop the Stupid and Build a Smarter, More Productive Organization
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An Antidote To The Multitude of Problems You Face
LIMITED TIME 99 Cent E-book Offer This PROACTIVE Problem Solving Newsletter and the book/training by the same name are my answer to the calls for help I’m hearing from team members, managers and leaders. The stresses each group is feeling are different. What...
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Exploring CES to Stimulus Mine for Disruptive Ideas
Doug is traveling this week to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to stimulus mine for disruptive “idea starters”. What he will not be looking for is WHAT companies are offering. Rather, he will be focused on the WHY & HOW of exhibitor...
Things worth the writing
If you wou’d not be forgottenAs soon as you are dead and rotten,Either write things worth reading,or do things worth the writing.Ben Franklin After a year of adventures - I have some things that I hope you find "worth the writing" This week my mind is on managing the...
Prince of Wales Cocktail
We are really proud to introduce our new Dexter Straight Bourbon. It’s the best bourbon we’ve ever made - named one of only 12 bourbons on the Ultimate Spirits list of the top 100 spirits. It’s named after Edmund Dexter one of the most famous...
Doug Hall’s Latest Book
PROACTIVE Problem Solving
Published January 2025
Stop the Stupid and Build a Smarter, More Productive Organization
The way businesses operate is broken. You see it every day — inefficient systems, endless frustrations, and wasted time. Only 32% of employees feel engaged, while managers spend up to 3.5 hours a day fixing problems caused by flawed work systems. The result is frustration, squandered resources, and missed opportunities.
In PROACTIVE Problem Solving, Doug Hall — Founder of Eureka! Ranch & Co-Founder & CEO of Brain Brew Distillery — delivers a bold solution to “Stop the Stupid” and eliminate what’s not working. His proven approach, developed through decades of innovation leadership, empowers organizations to find and fix problems by engaging everyone from the frontline to the C-suite in the problem-solving process.
Grounded in real-world success, this book draws from Doug’s experience leading over 20,000 innovations at Eureka! Ranch and scaling Brain Brew Distillery from a startup to producing over 100,000 cases of bourbon annually.
PROACTIVE Problem Solving dives deep to unearth proven methods for growth and profitability: