Your Business Is Telling You a Story — Are You Listening?

Yesterday I was sitting with an intern — three businesses, three sets of financials, three different industries spread out in front of us. Restaurants. Retail. Travel. Profit & Loss statements, balance sheets. And we're just digging in. I asked her if any of this was the same as what she's learning in school. She looked at me and said, "God, no." That answer stayed with me. Because here's what we…