Command by Buzzword

5 January 2012

What does an Ivy League trained Commander in Chief with his Ivy Leaue trained staff mean when they describe their strategy with the words "lean&q…

A Momentous Anniversary

5 January 2012

For lots of reasons Henry Ford has been written off as a not-too-bright, mean-spirited guy whose only claim to greatness is the assembly line, and eve…

Platypus Leadership

2 January 2012

A wise person, lost in anonymity to the ages, described the platypus as a duck designed by a committee. It is exactly the sort of useless thing a comm…

The Antithesis of Lean

29 December 2011

In the interest of protecting client confidentiality I won't name the town. Recently, however, I was out west in a beautiful spot in the Rocky Mou…