Yesterday I came across a video created by McDonald's in the UK that attempts to demonstrate the value of being a McDonald's employee - and re…

We've talked about Tesco before - how they are destroying the idea that economies of scale are important and are instead focusing on creating valu…

Lots of interesting tidbits to share this week, so let's get on with it ... Gluttons for Punishment Jim Huntzinger and Dwayne Butcher have an un…

Imagine you run a lemonade stand in front of your house, and you do pretty well at it. Now suppose I live a thousand miles away from you, but I decide…

My mother was proud to see me head off long ago to Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati - an expensive, Jesuit school with demanding academic standa…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we explore the gender ratio and a couple of surprising impacts. This morning's Wall Street Journal had a re…

The Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on the U.S. Postal Service a couple weeks ago was a real stunner - filled with so many juicy tidbits that it to…

I'm sure the warning is too late, and as we speak St Peter is completely overwhelmed with the urgency of applying the Theory of Constraints to the…