Examples of Excellence: Shadow Board
17 October 2008
Thanks to a suggestion from several readers, today we're starting a regular feature for Saturdays: Examples of Excellence. Each week we'll sh…
Feeding Generation Y
16 October 2008
Most of us have a very hard time completing that annual ritual: the employee review. We know how important it is to our folks, to managing expectatio…
Carl Icahn and the Value of People
15 October 2008
A hat tip to fellow blogger Pete Abilla at shmula for pointing me to a post by Carl Icahn on waste in organizations. Heck, Pete analyzed it very well…
Gotta Love Dov
14 October 2008
I tried to not hit a subject too often, but some of our favorites keep popping up in notable ways. In this case, our buddy Dov Charney of American Ap…
Toyota Knows Brains
13 October 2008
When times are tough, what do most manufacturers do? Why, they lay off or send people home of course! If you're part of the Detroit Three like G…
Here Comes India, No Bailout Required
12 October 2008
Just as the Detroit Three automakers get set to slurp from the taxpayer bailout trough comes news of several Indian auto manufacturers getting ready t…
Stop Watching "Lost"
11 October 2008
A hat tip to Ron at Lean Six Sigma Academy for the following video of Gary Vaynerchuk delivering a keynote address at the Web 2.0 conference in New Yo…
SNL Hits a Home Run
10 October 2008
Those of you that watch Saturday Night Live have seen them at their best over the past few weeks, from Palin to Biden, Fannie and Freddie, and beyond.…