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Lean is Not Mean

Lean is Not Mean
Lean and Not Mean: Simple Management Most Effective: The “pull” rather than “push” point of view first pioneered by the Japanese car manufacturers means that, in lean, everything is seen from the customer’s point of view. Production is defined by the ... Read More
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Exuberance

Exuberance
Exuberance - you gotta love it. It is either that or fleas. ... Read More
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Fireside Chat with Alexandra Levit

Fireside Chat with Alexandra Levit
Corporate culture shock? - Chat with Alexandra Levit During this 30 minute podcast, I chat with Alexandra Levit, who specializes in helping younger professionals develop winning practices for the corporate world. You see, Alexandra has studied the difficulty many younger ... Read More
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How Not to Convert Equity

How Not to Convert Equity
CNNMoney is not exactly intellectual discussion of economic and investing issues but normally it offers fairly good material for the large number of people. Especially those who really don’t want to read Warren Buffett or Brad Setser. Still ... Read More
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Kaizen the Toyota Way

Kaizen the Toyota Way
Excellent post: Kaizen Secrets of the Toyota Mind by Jon Miller: The Toyota mind asks “What does my customer want from this process?” rather than “What do I want from this process?” The Toyota mind builds brilliant processes that enable average people ... Read More
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Guest Article: “Are Job Applicants Destroying Your Brand?”, by Lee Salz

Guest Article: “Are Job Applicants Destroying Your Brand?”, by Lee Salz
Are Job Applicants Destroying Your Brand? By Lee B. Salz | Companies roll out the red carpet when they hire new employees. Yet, those that they elect not to hire are left out in the cold with a bad taste in their ... Read More
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Provo-Evo Question for Managers #3

Provo-Evo Question for Managers #3
Are you productively irreverent? Tell me the last time you demonstrated productive irreverence and what happened? Does our company culture nurture or squelch productive irreverence? How can we create a culture that nurtures productive irreverence? ... Read More
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Harvard’s Masters of the Apocalypse

Harvard’s Masters of the Apocalypse
This article makes some good points, even if it is a bit sensationalist, and intentionally so: Harvard’s masters of the apocalypse by Philip Delves Broughton Business schools have shown a remarkable ability to miss the economic catastrophes unfolding before their eyes. In ... Read More
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Fireside Chat with Pete Behrens

Fireside Chat with Pete Behrens
Want to go agile? - Chat with Pete Behrens In this 30 minute chat, Agile expert Pete Behrens and I discuss the characteristics of agile methods and why they work. If you are curious about Agile Management or interested in ... Read More
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Sell a Service? Now’s the Time to Shine

Sell a Service? Now’s the Time to Shine
Home sales-down.  Auto sales-down.  Travel for pleasure-down.  With the economy in its current mess, people aren’t spending on big-ticket items, at least not in the numbers of the past several years.  And it isn’t just consumers who are holding onto ... Read More
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