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Seth Goodin’s blog yesterday was titled “Getting unstuck: solving the perfect problem”.
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One of Goodin’s perfect definitions speaks to jobs and what I refer to as career vision - those job outlooks “…that have...
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This post is reprinted with Sean Doyle’s permission. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I keep a gratitude log daily and such has provided incredible insight in my life and work.
John A “Sean” Doyle is a psychologist and lawyer. Sean leads seminars and offers strengths-based consulting for individuals and...
continue reading Gratitude in the Time of Downsizing: A Case Study
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Employee Engagement – Myth or Madness?
My HR project many years ago was coordinating the company attitude survey. This survey was constructed by a well known consulting firm. It cost $75,000.00. It took 7 months to complete. We produced huge notebooks of data. Many follow-up meetings and Town Hall gatherings...
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Still Misconceptions about Lean and Toyota
I make no excuses for Toyota. What happened goes against their long history and principles. They definitely strayed and hopefully will have a countermeasure to get back on course.
What I find interesting are the articles and blogs about lean coming from this. Edward Niedermeyer...
continue reading Still Misconceptions about Lean and Toyota by Matt Wrye, Guest Blogger
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Part III of Scott McDuffee’s Lean series
According to Newton’s Law of Inertia, a body in motion tends to stay in motion in a straight line; a body at rest tends to stay at rest (unless acted upon with energy). Likewise, companies/leaders tend to stay on their current paths relying on what previously enabled even...
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