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- A Pathway to Wisdom in the Business World - Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be ...
- Who Drives Vision to Reality? - Thomas Edison was a visionary, and one of the most influential people in modern human history because he understood the effort it took to successfully ...
- What is in Season? - Implementing a collaborative inventory management process can improve customer service while reducing costs.
- Staying Sharp - "Even if you're on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers I participated in a Dale Carnegie ...
- Is Your Forest Too Dense? Part 4 - Effective Communication If you haven’t had a chance to read the first three entries of this series, click here for Part 1, here for Part ...
- Is Your Forest Too Dense? Part 3 - Meaningful Metrics Part Three If you haven’t had a chance to read the first two parts of this series, please click here for Part One ...
- Is Your Forest Too Dense? Part 2 - Goal Management for Success A practice that can help to thin out the forest is to have an effective process for reviewing and adjusting the ...
- Is Your Forest Too Dense? - Part One I’ve always appreciated the adage about not being able to ‘see the forest for all the trees.’ I have experienced this phenomenon from ...
- That Hammer is Around Here Somewhere… - “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” - Abraham Maslow. Sometimes an organization can get stuck in a bad situation ...
- Is Nero Fiddling? - At a company conference several years ago, Leadership asked for anonymous comments from team members about concerns they had for the business. I wrote, “Sometimes ...
- Jazz and Work – Second Verse - Playing in harmony with a band is a great experience. When the band sounds good and you are doing your part to contribute, there is ...
- Work and Jazz – First Verse - Although I started playing guitar when I was 13, I took my first formal guitar lessons as an adult. Along with learning about Jazz and ...
- Build Bridges of Understanding – Part 2 - Building Bridges Part 1 addressed how to gather useful information by having honest conversations with the people involved in the issue. ...
- Build Bridges of Understanding – Part 1 - Investigating major quality problems can be a difficult task. I think I speak for most workers; people don’t like to ‘get ...
- Dreamer or Doer: Who Do You Need in Your Organization - The world needs Dreamers and the world needs Doers. But above all, the world needs Dreamers who Do. Sarah Ban Breathnach. Over the years, as ...
- Blog Results for 2014 - The WordPress.com stats team prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog ...
- Are You Painting a Clear Picture? - As my department worked through a crisis several years back, I discovered that the information we needed was not available in a format that would help us resolve the ...
- Spending Enough Time on Your Message? - I had a friend who was a Methodist minister and he once told me that a good preacher would spend one-third of his time working on ...
- Yoda was Right - Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back In the spring of 1977 I waited in line with hundreds ...
- Is There an App for Supply Chains? - When in unfamiliar territory in this day and age, we automatically reach for our smart devices to map out directions to our destination. We conduct ...
- Water Chestnuts Only Come from China? Really? - “There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.” Stephen King, Different Seasons Although Mr. King is not ...
- You Either Know or You Don’t - Creating a problem for customers is never a good thing. But as Forrest Gump said, “It happens.” Over the years I found that the manner ...
- Collaboration or Else - In today’s business world, the functional business teams can no longer work in isolation or in 'silos'. I have always felt the need for collaboration. ...
- How Many Jars Do You Buy at a Time? - Excellent food safety is a lifestyle choice. It’s a cultural thing… it’s a way of life. Having a good quality program in your plant or ...
- Can I Trust That Character? - Over the years I’ve had the honor of leading many groups of people who depended on my character to support them and help them become ...
- Problem-Solving in the “Short Attention Span Theater” - In my 33 years of corporate experience I’ve learned that above all else, being a good listener is the true secret to success. I’ve always ...