Train to Win
“The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.”~ Navy SEAL adage Any discussion of performance is bound to dredge up sports analogies, but the connection between excellence in business and athletics is more tangible than you might first think. The meld...
Making Quality Personal
“Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification cation of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”~ Tom Peters Does the phrase “process quality” make your head spin? Do acronyms like ISO, TQM, PDCA, BPR, and OQM and the associated...
Avocado Toast And Mocha Lattes
“If you live like no one else, later, you can live like no one else.”~ Dave Ramsey Tim Gurner, a luxury property developer in Melbourne, Australia, made headlines in 2017 by suggesting young people who consistently spent their money on coffee and avocado toast...
The Power of You
“No one ever made a dif erence by being like everyone else.”~ P. T. Barnum “There is a subtle misconception that crops up when one reads books like The Innovator’s Field Guide. When faced with examples of the business community’s elite performers there is a tendency...
Powered by Teamwork
““Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.”~ Fred Wilson Fact: a true iconoclast is unicorn rare. Popular culture has sold us on the idea that innovators dig within their souls and...
Walking the Tightrope
“There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” ~ Jack Welch The Bible’s book of Ecclesiastes carries with it a few metric tons of sound life advice. Two of the constant themes throughout the...