Bringing Down the House
19 November 2009
A while back I described a conversation, albeit one-sided, that I had with my mother in-law regarding desired features in a home. As is usually the ca…
19 November 2009
A while back I described a conversation, albeit one-sided, that I had with my mother in-law regarding desired features in a home. As is usually the ca…
16 November 2009
Several of us often comment, or lament, the term “lean and mean.” Real lean is definitely not mean, although we appreciate the desire of journalists a…
15 November 2009
Boy those guys at Motorola really know how to run a business. Several months ago we told you about their “strategy” that included whacking R&D and…
14 November 2009
I consider myself lucky in many respects, not the least of which is the fact that I live in one of California's premier wine-producing regions wit…
2 November 2009
We've often heard about the incredible customer focus at Ritz-Carlton hotels. Now a Forbes interview with RC president Simon Cooper sheds some mor…
1 November 2009
Stewart Anderson penned an article in the latest Quality Digest that took a look at several misconceptions about Toyota. I won't go into all of th…
1 November 2009
By Kevin Meyer I promise to get off of this tax kick one of these days, but ignorance of the incredible influence of tax policy just burns me sometim…
31 October 2009
By Kevin Meyer A couple times a year I touch on the admittedly touchy subject of how tax policy literally attacks knowledge - and thereby revenue. I…