Transformation
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Our ability to relate is our ability to come together for greater things
Sensei is typically translated as either teacher or “one who has gone before”. That second definition really resonates with me. It makes me think of someone who has gone ahead of me, seen and experienced it all, and has come back to help me through it. There is an enormous amount of comfort in knowing that someone has…
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There’s no substitute for Practice
There are numerous accounts out there of the mission to capture Osama Bin Laden. Each story recounts the painstaking intelligence gathering, planning, and highly precise execution of the early morning raid. What is often glossed over is the ridiculous amount of training that the soldiers did to cover each and every conceivable scenario that they might encounter. Seal…
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Reliable measures make good decision-making easy.
The efficacy of critical decisions is based on the reliability of the measurements and supporting data that informed those decisions. Data reliability is therefore crucial. However, there is a surprising level of confusion related to how we characterize, assess and even manage our data. One of the aspects of data curation that is frequently misunderstood –…
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The Undeniable Power of Focus
Light is a remarkable thing. It defies characterization on some levels. In one instance it behaves like a particle. In another it seems to clearly exhibit wave-like tendencies. Light is also capable of enormous work potential. It can be readily converted to heat and to electrical power indirectly. It is an endless natural phenomenon that is useful in innumerable ways. One…
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Adapting to the post-Covid new normal
The year 2020 will be remembered as a stark turning point for all businesses. The global pandemic wreaked havoc as it swept across the globe. Some prospered in the chaos, but most were devastated. Everything has changed. Change is certainly inevitable, but the scale and breadth of this change was unprecedented. We still aren’t certain what things will look…
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Recovery is just around the corner.
Everyone is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and most organizations are taking a real hit, particularly with human capital. Lay-off, furloughs, and scale-backs are a serious problem for everyone because successful recovery might be contingent on poorly documented best practices. Were people with critical knowledge casualties of the 2020 virus war? Chances are that unless we’ve paid…
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COVID might just be an ideal opportunity…
I know it seems like a bizarre question, but give it some thought. How have you grown, benefited or become more valuable due to this unprecedented pandemic? How have you orchestrated your surroundings to take advantage of this disaster? Opportunities can be found in the most unlikely of places. This Corona virus experience is no different. Most of us…
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What can Lean Thinking do for You?
Sometimes we believe that the improvement process is more of a black art, like voodoo, than a real definable process. Lean Thinking, popularized in the 80’s and beyond by such visionaries as James Womack, Art Byrne, Mike Rother and others is more of a hocus pocus routine that seems to work for some but not…