In Search of the "BASF Effect"
It's not about making the product. It's about making the product better. Many years ago the global conglomerate, BASF, ran a television...
The Paradox of Value and Price
There's much more to value than just price There’s a saying that about not being able to “see the forest for the trees”. In finance, it...
Embrace . . . or force field?
Open for embrace. . . or engage the force field? One of the beautiful things about the “olden days” was that everything was simpler. When...
Only as strong as the weakest link
Folks, it's not fake news: A chain IS only as strong as its weakest link . . . There’s an old cliche that a chain is only as strong as...
What's a priority isn't always important . . .
Differentiating between priority and importance. . . We all say it, “I don’t have any time. I’m too busy.” Right? And to an extent, it’s...
Wasn't there some phrase about learning history's lessons?
Let's put that one behind us . . . A “real stinker”, “total disaster”, “flop” . . . Yep, we’ve all had bad experiences that we wanted to...
Too bad life doesn't come with an instruction manual . . .
Or maybe if there was a personalized YouTube help video for each of us . . . When we’re first delivered to the new world as a “bundle of...
Continuing the tradition . . . but why?
Because we've always done it that way . . . Does what we do and how we do it make sense? Do the workflows and processes within our...
T-H-I-N-K
Has anyone ever received this "sermon"? (i.e., other than my siblings) Growing up in a family with a rather autocratic father, on those...
We all know of Walt Disney. . .
So, who was Roy Disney? We all know the name Walt Disney, and recognize him as the dynamic force and visionary who built a worldwide...
