Push vs. Pull Garbage Collection
14 June 2008
Leave it to Taiwan to do things a bit differently. Instead of putting out the garbage for eventual collection by roving garbage trucks, in Taiwan the…
Dilbert in Real Life
13 June 2008
After ranting and raving a bit this past week, we'll have some fun this weekend. The following real Dilbert-esque quotes are going around the int…
Welcome Home and Good Luck
13 June 2008
Who would have thunk it. For years we've been deriding the simple-minded companies that chase low labor costs around the globe under the mistaken…
The Speed of Change
11 June 2008
There was a great opinion piece by Brian Wesbury in the WSJ yesterday that discussed how change, and especially the impact of change, is accelerating.…
Competing in the Afterlife
10 June 2008
I'm generally a free market purist, even when it comes to executive compensation. That puts me at odds with a large part of society, including som…
Do You Know Your Tata's?
9 June 2008
Earlier this week Tata Motors of India completed its acquisition of Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover brands. One of my coworkers is the proud owner of…
Windfall Profits Tax on Harvard?
8 June 2008
The economic illiterati are waging war on the oil companies. It's easy to understand why... multi-billion dollar profits as gas prices creep towar…
A $1.4 Billion Lesson in Standard Work
7 June 2008
As if we didn't need another expensive example of why standard work is critical. The Air Force said the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was c…