Today’s biggest problems are difficult to solve and our approach to solving them isn’t helping. Whether it’s healthcare, education, infrastructure, defense, or the economy we never get past the wrong question: “Who’s going to pay for it? With healthcare we argue about costs and taxes – who pays and how......
There’s lots of charged debate these days on the strengths and weakness of in-sourcing and outsourcing. That’s good. But what’s a company to do? I’d like to propose a new framework to think through the situation. I call it the Parental Framework. (I get to name it since I just......
All projects are successful; it’s just a matter of choosing what to declare. Here are some good choices: Success – We know when a project is too big. Going forward, let’s do smaller ones. Success – We know we can run too many projects concurrently. Going forward, let’s do fewer......
Work can be exceptionally profitable, work can dovetail perfectly with strategy, and work can make perfect business sense. Though these attributes seem powerful, they’re insufficient for work to carry the day. But there’s a far more powerful force out there, a force that virtually guarantees that work will take on......
Great coaches invest. They’re all-in. It’s that simple. They know what you need and give it you. No need to ask. (And that’s best because often you don’t want it.) Great coaching is like medicine – tastes like crap and three years later you feel better. Great coaches are grounded......
Facts and feelings are different. Both are real, but facts are verifiable and feelings are not. Feelings are all about, well, feelings and facts are all about actions, events, and things that happened. But even with those differences, we still confuse them. And the consequences? We’re misunderstood and judged and,......
What if you could double your factory throughput without adding people? What if you could reduce your product costs by 50%? How much money would you make? How many jobs would you create? Why aren’t you doing it? What are you afraid of?
......If you do one thing, click this link. (Or the graphic itself.) Please. You’ll be sent to a page where you can watch an animation of US job losses. I was debilitated after watching the implosion. Here’s how I reacted to the animation: Disbelief. No way. Not real. I checked......
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