(Image: pile of colored lego building blocks) Your choice comes down to building the product or your business One of the most difficult things I coach small and midcap business CEO/Presidents on is making the internal decision to stop being the star [fill in the blank here. I’ll use software coder for my examples] and… Read More

One promises long term revenue gain and competitiveness As someone who’s been in supply chain and performance for a while, I’ve watched as the supply chain and business communities struggle to figure out 1) how to deal with new technologies and 2) how to integrate a legacy and new technologies into meaningful and competitive advantage…. Read More

– and building stronger teams as a result Resistance to change is ever present for a variety of reasons: change takes time and we have customers to satisfy change is risky and our customers won’t tolerate performance glitches change changes the power dynamics it’s just easier to stay with what I know However, with change… Read More

Use Corporate Culture to Save Your Company You know the tale of vampires: power thirsty beings that suck the life essence out of people unlucky enough to be in their way. Beware if you have them in your company. Here are 2 telltale signs of vampires in your midst: 1) Loss of organizational life essence… Read More

It requires a lot of people to send up the Mars Rover or a space probe. It is never technology alone. Once the rover lands, a lot of people are required to work with the technology to monitor performance, remotely fix performance glitches, interpret all the data coming back, and adjust the module’s activity to… Read More

Doing something monotonous jobs all day, like picking? Then maybe. Do your customers not want to pay for non-value added work like moving material from here to there? Then maybe. Do you worry about jobs that may cause OSHA injuries from repetitive work that has low or no value added in the customer’s eyes? Then… Read More

I’ve attended a lot of presentations and webinars that talk about what Millennials value, how they want to be treated, and what they want to achieve. What I’ve come away is that, with a couple of exceptions, they are no different than any other generation’s 20-35 year olds. We all wanted to change the world,… Read More