Joseph Weizenbaum: Fighting the False Gods
15 March 2008
It was with unexpected sadness that I read this morning about the passing of Mr. Joseph Weizenbaum. As author of a computer program called Eliza that…
Half Right... No, Not Even
8 February 2008
Believe it or not, it's actually been a couple months since we've gone into battle with the false gods of the almighty algorithm. Perhaps they…
Good Luck With That...
5 January 2008
German manufacturer MAN has been dipping its toes into the wonderful world of lean manufacturing. At Munich, Germany-based MAN Nutzfahrzeuge—the 13-p…
The Lean Approach to Email Management: It's Not About Technology
28 November 2007
(Note: this is a copy of a post I just put up on my own blog. For more goodies on the lean approach to managing email and information, and how to crea…
Update on the Battle
21 November 2007
Although it's relatively unrelated to any important message, we've enjoyed watching the battle between SAP and Oracle, aka the false gods of t…
The False God Opens a New Front
1 November 2007
Over the past couple years we've been doing battle with the False God of the Almighty Algorithm. This initially stemmed from a conversation with…
Smaller and Even Less Flexible
23 September 2007
I don't know what it is about SAP, but they definitely have a better marketing department than Oracle. Every day there's some new announcement…
SAP & Whirlpool... Aha!
13 September 2007
Late last year we told you about Whirlpool... laying off over a thousand workers in the U.S. just to rehire a similar number at other plants. Traditio…