Abuse of Entrusted Power for Private Gain
18 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL Thanks to Joel Lown from the U of Tennessee for this article from Knoxvillebiz.com about a local company called Bailey Hydropower tha…
Retail Is Starting To Figure It Out
17 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL There is a big Walmart distribution center not far from where I live in rural Illinois. You can see it here. You can also see that…
Great Tool For A Great Cause
12 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL Ever since I started doing the One Day Assessments about a year ago I have been getting hit with people asking how I can possibly eva…
Jolly Old England - The Innovation Nation
10 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL A little over two years ago the British Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, said: "We must…
A Consultants' Oath
9 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL I came across this story of a Who's Who of world class offshore outsourcers - GE who trashed over 100,000 manufacturing jobs in t…
What Is Discretionary Spending Anyway?
5 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL A Wall Street Journal a few weeks back described how "CEOs Fight To Prevent Discretionary Spending From Creeping Back Up."…
The Power of Ideas
4 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL Last week I traveled close to 400 miles to spend a day explaining Lean Accounting and the Lean Enterprise management infrastructure t…
Pigs, Panic, Politicians and The Wolfpack
2 August 2010
by BILL WADDELL PIGS Perhaps the folks running the big container shipping lines are genuinely concerned about the environment and their carbon footp…