Organization Design and Process Improvement
The Financial Crisis – Blaming the Person for Failures of the System
Every media outlet has been struggling to assign blame for current financial crisis. Obviously there was greed. There was incompetence. There was dishonesty. There was arrogance. And many other human failures. Politicians have been attacking “greed” by corporate executives. Once again we have discovered that people in high places are mortal souls, mere humans with [...]
The Strategic Value Stream – How Organizations Create Wealth
The purpose of corporations is to create wealth… not only financial wealth for stockholders, but total wealth for society. When corporations build competence in their employees they are creating wealth. When they innovate they are creating wealth. When they build relationships across groups of people and countries they are creating wealth. Wealth is not only [...]
Shamu and Me
Shamu, husbands, children, inmates, managers and employees… all respond to reinforcement.
Lessons from Katrina: 2
A few of the many lessons in management and leadership to be learned from the pre and post of hurricane Katrina.
Changing the Culture: The Whole Loaf of Bread
What could be better than sliced bread? A whole loaf. But when you have a culture of continually slicing the bread to find solutions to problems it may be hard to put the pieces of the culture together.
Does Happiness Matter?
Authentic happiness conributes to business success.