A couple years ago an email joke was making the rounds.  It was amusing, but forgettable like most such things.  A friend of mine recently remembered…

You got to love when a complex industry is forced to become even more complex. Government regulators are expected soon to overhaul the aging coding…

How appropriate as we near the Thanksiving holiday that our favorite turkey, Jack Welch, gives us some pointers on leadership. In his regular Business…

Regular readers know that American Apparel has long been one of my favorite companies. I love companies that think outside of the box, ignore popular…

If you had a few billion riding on a project, what would you say if the following happened? Would you still be employed? May 2007: One of the smalles…

Over the past few years we've been chronicling a very expensive journey by Danish toymaker Lego. A hat tip to regular reader Peter for helping us…

"The largest cost in business is not labor, material, or overhead... it's unnecessary complexity." Who said that? I did. I use it almos…

I promise one of these days I'll get off the topic of this ridiculous bailout of the Detroit Three automakers, but there are so many lessons of le…