As I venture to reiterate the obvious, we know strategy without execution is nothing more than a strategic plan collecting dust on the shelves. Nothing you don’t know. Depending on which methodology of execution you happen to follow, I suspect it emphasizes the need for productivity and efficiency as the operation, people, and strategy fall[…]
What product or service will you create this year to shake up the competition? What are you doing to turn “tradition” upside-down? You are the expert in your industry; and as an entrepreneur you’ve been up late night thinking about these ideas… But, do you have the resources? If your daily operation is clogged, noisy,[…]
Many employees, from the executive table to the front lines, often shudder at the though of instituting a quality initiative because of the perceived complexity of the exercise. And, thanks to the cornucopia of buzzwords and acronyms bandied about during the past decade or so, I really don’t blame them. However, you can experience meaningful[…]
The world did not come to an end today, as some speculated would be the case based on the ancient Mayan long count calendar, so now what? Well, the first thing is to relax and enjoy the Christmas and New Year season. Next, it’s time to plan for 2013. This year, don’t start with your[…]
We can spend a week of Sundays discussing the original, or the often misunderstood, interpretation of Occam’s Razor. Most often, it is assumed the least amount of assumptions leads to the simplest solution. Or, in other words, the simplest solution may very-well be the best solution. There are certainly some risks in various medical or[…]
I’m not going to provide you definitions found in dictionaries published by Webster’s, Oxford, or even Wikipedia. That would be too trite, and frankly inapplicable to your operation. So how do we unravel the various perceptions of what is meant by “Quality” in our business operations? Take a walk around the office and ask folks[…]