Anyone that has been in business, especially running a business, for two or three decades has noticed patterns that aid their decisions. Nothing earth…

Business experts often advocate bad ideas ... some times appallingly bad ideas. When I read a marketing 'expert' by the name of Debbie Mayo-Sm…

So how many of you are in the middle of an org change? I'm guessing about everyone, as it seems to be the common knee-jerk response to organizatio…

Harry Truman once said, "The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all." - a very wise observation. So what…

Lean Accounting Summit Time Getting close to LAS time. It is really the only serious gathering of folks pursuing the fundamental changes to your mana…

An article in today's Wall Street Journal made me think a bit about organizational scope creep. It takes twice as many firefighters to put out…

Just to put things in perspective - after all it is easy to get tangled up in all of the short term ups and downs and spin regarding the auto business…

This is not a post about gay marriage. It is a post about whether principles matter - they do. In my lean seminars when the subject turns to culture…