We got a new sign installed by Ace Sign Company a couple weeks back. They did a great job for us. MCS was far overdue for a sign. We bought our building over 5 years ago, and just now got around to getting a sign. The nature of our business means that we get very little foot traffic so getting a sign was always pushed to the back burner.
It was Heather, the wife of fellow MCSian Nick Overstreet that sparked the idea. She basically shamed me into getting the sign and it worked. Now that I think of it, that is not the first improvement at our office that she helped with. While standing outside my office one winter evening as we were about to close, she told me that our hallway needed better lighting. Now we have upgraded to LED lights that are using about half the energy and throwing out more light.
It is odd how we can internally recognize an issue with our environment and never actually take any action. The issue is known but not escalated to action. When the issue moves from the personal to the social realm, we then take action. The problem hasn’t changed, but our perception of it has. It makes me wonder what other simple ideas I may be missing that are just crawling around my brain, waiting for someone with more sense than me to come along and knock them lose.