Ensconcing Paranoia in Rules
22 April 2017
Silly boy you got so much to live for So much to aim for, so much to try for You blow it all with, paranoia You're so insecure you, self-destr…
A Failure of Markets and Other Observations from Asia
13 October 2012
I’m currently winging my way back home after two weeks in Thailand and Laos. Sort of a last minute vacation for my wife and I to recenter and reconnec…
The Online Education Tsunami
6 May 2012
As one of the partners in Gemba Academy, online education is something I'm a bit interested in. Of course the 230+ lean training videos we offer a…
When Your Customers Flee Complexity
16 April 2012
So it's that time of the year again, and I'm sitting down to write a nice big check to the IRS. For the most part I'm ok with that. Writin…
Results-Based Policies and Procedures
5 December 2011
Don't worry folks, although the article I reference here is on regulation, my point is aimed at corporate policies and procedures as in this case…
Give Back... More?
4 October 2011
At the risk of creating another firestorm from the paranoid lemmings who blindly equate asking a question with being in denial, I came across another…
Thou Shalt Not Question
19 September 2011
The climate change world is in a bit of a tizzy this week over the resignation of Dr. Ivar Giaever, a nobel laureate physicist currently teaching at m…
Forms and More Forms
18 September 2011
It's been a busy week - both Bill and I presented at the Lean Accounting Summit. Believe it or not it's the one time a year when we spend a fe…