I Don’t Want to Buy Your Car.

Did you hear about this car company? They “Reinvented” the car. It is amazing! Look how cool it is. It has 4 door, a trunk, a hood with an engine in it, a steering wheel. and can seat 5 people. It has industry standard MPG and looks pretty much like last...

Taking a Sabbatical

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” –John Quincy Adams  “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” –John C. Maxwell Taking a Sabbatical...

Storms of the Brain = Brainstorming

Brainstorming meetings often draw moans and groans as those involved rack their brains for new solutions to old problems.  Even with the phrase “there are no wrong answers”, brainstorming success is often limited. What to do? Question the problem. ...

Lean Living: Lakes and Rocks

Toyota uses the metaphor the Lake and the Rocks to refer to problems. The lake is the work in process, or inventory, or maybe partially completed tax returns and the rocks are the problems that slow the process. Anyone that has boated knows how rocks can slow your...