GM Execs Need More Hummers
28 September 2006
That really was the headline of a recent CNN article... I'm not talented enough to make that stuff up. (Update: CNN apparently didn't find it…
Myopic Mis-focus
27 September 2006
I try hard to avoid picking on NAM. Really I do. But sometimes banging my head against the wall just doesn't relieve the frustration with an org…
Lean Sandwich, Hold the Bread
23 September 2006
One of the presentations at the Lean Accounting Summit was titled "Lean by the Numbers", and had the following description: "Learn abo…
Course Correction Complements of Norman Bodek
22 September 2006
I’m on my way back from a very successful Lean Accounting Summit, and I’m sure Bill and I will have more on this in the near future. One major highli…
Engineering Stigmas
20 September 2006
Today's Wall Street Journal reported the results from the latest WSJ/Harris survey of recruiter opinions of MBA programs. The University of Michi…
Lowballing Geopolitical Risk
19 September 2006
"Geopolitical risk: low". That's what CIO Magazine told us in its Buyer's Guide to Offshore Outsourcing in Thailand. Amazing how f…
The Crumbling Shield of Automation
15 September 2006
Many companies pursue a cost reduction strategy based on chasing lower labor costs all over the globe. As we've pointed out several times, this o…
Accounting Excitement
9 September 2006
It's rare that you think of "accounting" and "excitement" together. But that's exactly what will occur in less than two w…