Some Just “Don’t Get Continuous Improvement (CI)” I was always dumfounded. I used to say “Continuous Improvement (CI) isn’t...
How to “Feel” CI in 30 Minutes?
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Consulting
To Framework or Not to Framework
That is the question Frameworks, models, matrixes, and matrices (and yes, both plural forms of matrix are correct) are...
Is Consulting a Real Job?
"Consultant for thirty-seven years? What? You couldn’t find a real job?” Bada bing. I was at a wedding yelling to be heard...
Demystifying Strategy for Consulting Newbies
Strategy consulting has a golden aura. Strategy consulting has a glow, a mystique, and definitely prestige for most new...
Thought Leadership (vs. a leader in your mind)
Thought leadership is a phrase that is overused in consulting. I first encountered it at the Forum Corporation as a...
The Gatekeeper
The man was old. His skin was lined and brown like tooled leather. His clothes were worn but well mended. They now fit him...
Leading
The Quick Fix’ll Git You Ef You Don’t Watch Out
I’m a “fix or repair” guy. I differentiate myself from “throw away and buy new” guys. I have a tendency to drive cars...
“D’OH!” – Change Metrics Screw-ups
How to really screw-up your change with Excel enabled wishful thinking and other mistakes
Extending Labor Day
A Day to Celebrate Workers It is Labor Day here in the United States and Canada today. We celebrate the contribution of...
People are Different? Really?
“That’s why Baskin Robbins has thirty-one flavors of ice cream.” That was how my friend Brad explained that “people are...
Helping People Through Change
Leaders are supposed to help people through change, Right? Maybe. I mean I used to think so . . . This picture comes from...
Avoiding Leadership Dysfunction
The difference between managers and leaders: Managers work in a steady state environment and are accountable for getting...
Living
July 4th, 2023 – Celebrate these United States of America!
July 4th - US Independence Day Amid the fireworks and cookouts, Ferris wheels, cotton candy and win-a-stuffie pellet-gun...
Starlight in the Grass
A writer’s tale of feeling a little better
Aaaask Alan to AI?
“I used to know stuff” -the techno-clobbered late adopter looks at the impact of game-changing electronic gee-whizery
My Generation
The Baby Boom generation stressed system infrastructure at every age like a pig being digested by a python. It also shaped my values.
Crazy ‘bout an Automobile*
Fifty years of cars – guy reflections.
Haircutters and Me
What can we learn from haircutters good and bad?
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