Vaccinations and Excellence

Jan 28, 2015

As the measles outbreak that began in Disneyland spreads to multiple states, Public Health experts (including John Swartzburg from UC-Berkeley) voice frustration and concern. Entirely …

Is Your Message Shtick?

Dec 29, 2014

Jim Harbaugh coached the San Francisco NFL 49’ers to at least the NFC Championship game in each of his first 3 years with the team. …

Will You Chastise Bureaucracy in Your Company?

Dec 23, 2014

In one of his Christmas speeches, the Pope lectured Vatican leadership on the wasteful bureaucracy it fosters. Feeling indispensable, the pathology of power and excessive …

Would Your Company Fire Ray Rice?

Dec 1, 2014

National Football League (NFL) player Ray Rice was recently suspended from his career as a professional, released by his Ravens team, and publicly shamed for …

AME Lean Conference: All About Leadership

Nov 17, 2014

I just invested 5 days at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) international conference in Jacksonville, FL. Over the years, the content of the conference …

Are You The Next Takata?

Oct 23, 2014

The urgent recall of over 5 million passenger cars manufactured in multiple countries is the result of Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata’s catastrophic product failures. …

Business Ethics – An Oxymoron?

Aug 29, 2014

Business scandals that contradict espoused core values are all too common. Becky highlights a few reasons why that happens, and asks each of us to look in the mirror.

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Manufacturing IS a Desirable Career Path

Aug 27, 2014

Manufacturing suffers from a horrible Public Relations (PR) problem. Over the past 20 years rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, its checkered history …

Lessons for Manufacturers From Open Carry Laws

Aug 25, 2014

It is legal to openly carry a loaded weapon without a license in much of the United States. Unfortunately, that makes discerning the good guys …

How NOT to manage

Jun 25, 2014

Each of us is either bored or truly irritated by the IRS failure to find emails in electronic storage at the request of Congress. This …