Random observations

Last Week’s Top Tweets

February 20, 2012

In case you missed it, here are some tweet & re-tweets of articles & other things that caught my eye last week: MUST READ: From Dan Markovitz (@timeback): Respect for people — treating them more like machines. bit.ly/zVyKew From Others: From Boston College Center for Work & Family (@BCCWF): Need more leadership support + manager training: Flexible Hours Aren’t Working As Well As Companies Say businessinsider.com/flexible-hours…#workflex From Joe Dager (@business9o1)RT @jchyip: w/out a clear overall shared vision, “improve” tends 2 B a lot of random ideas until everyone eventually gets bored & gives up From Dan Feliciano (@DanFeliciano): IndustryWeek : Demand Surges for Lean...

Last week’s tweets

February 6, 2012

By David M. Kasprzak

In case you missed it, here are some tweet & re-tweets of articles & other things that caught my eye last week: From Others: From @tedcoine: YES!! RT @shawmu: Actually give a S### about the development of individuals.ow.ly/8SkuB via @kris_dunn From @ShingoPrize: Robert Miller said Shingo Prize focuses on more than just culture, it focuses on how to change culture #lean#ShingoPrize From @DemingSos: “Stamping out fires is lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.” “Manage cause, not result. #Deming#quick-fix From @TheOnion - Area Man Uninterested In Creating A Better Community Even Though This May Benefit Him In...

Adversity: It’s Not Whether It Will Happen But How You React That Counts

February 3, 2012

By Cory VanBuskirk

Adversity: It’s Not Whether It Will Happen But How You React That Counts

At some time you’re going to face serious adversity. Maybe you already have. Your crisis may be an internal or external one, but it will come. The more extensive your leadership reach, the more likely you are to face these situations. The impact can be disastrous for your business and for you personally. Just ask executives at Toyota or BP. Once you’re there, the only thing that matters is your ability to navigate through the storm. While each situation is unique, and there is no prescriptive formula for success, you’ve got to carefully manage these five things or you...

Short-term thinking: Misery is OK, as long as it’s less lousy

January 31, 2012

By David M. Kasprzak

Short-term thinking: Misery is OK, as long as it’s less lousy

It's not acceptable to say that today's misery is acceptable as long as it's not as bad as what the other guy is doing. Even if we do not know of a better way, we should be diligent in our minds about whether or not something is tolerable. How often do we see underperforming departments, but continue to let them limp along? How often do we see wasteful practices and ignore the problems? Worse yet, how many senior members of the management team actively thwart their subordinates' attempts at sharing information and voicing criticism?

Product Innovation captures the imagination; Process innovation captures markets

January 16, 2012

By David M. Kasprzak

Product Innovation captures the imagination; Process innovation captures markets

Is the run that Apple has had on its decline? It could very well be. Although the innovations introduced there have been the stuff of modern-day fables, the sustainability of the business model appears to be suffering in the face of competition that was content to be a second-mover. Straight out of business school textbooks, the second mover has the advantage of watching the first invest heavily in changing the landscape of the market. While Apple has certainly redefined the market over the past decade or two, it seems that its strength is faltering. ...

Understanding why: Developing Critical Thinking in kids

December 5, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

Understanding why: Developing Critical Thinking in kids

When faced with information that contradicts our understanding of the way things are supposed to be, we revert back to what we already know, claiming disbelief in the rightness of what we're seeing and failing to examine the situation in order to develop a new understanding. We are told to follow the rules, even if we don't understand them, and we insist on following the rules even when it is pointed out that those rules were based on false assumptions.

Ask yourself: When did you give up?

November 30, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

For all the web sites, books, articles and tweets on how Leaders and Leadership must change in order to create better, more innovative, more prosperous and sustainable workplaces - perhaps the focus needs to turn more towards the rank & file. People have come to expect drudgery as the norm, and are unaware of their own worth. If they ever had a sense of it, it's been drummed out or, what's even worse, no one ever explained that they don't have to carry out the pointless orders of scoundrels or nincompoops just to earn a living.

That’s how we’ve always done it: Familiarity vs. functionality

November 14, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

That’s how we’ve always done it: Familiarity vs. functionality

Kevin Meyer has been sharing his observations while on a recent trip through India and other Asian countries in several recent posts. The post "Another Waste of Transportation" caught my attention, and gave me reason to think about what we perceive as waste and value in our everyday lives. Doing as we've always done has to come under scrutiny, and a focus on where we spend too much time, money and energy on things that feel familiar but add no value needs to become a fundamental part of how we view the world.

A little more conversation, please

November 7, 2011

By David M. Kasprzak

No audience is going to remember something because it was important to the person sending the message - they will remember it because it was important to them. Through two-way conversations, more information is shared, understood, refined and retained. So, why then is there so much emphasis on simply belching out information and so very little importance placed on engaging people in conversation in order to promote common understandings, even in the face of disagreement?

Work/Life Balance – The Balance Doesn’t Matter…It’s About Control

November 3, 2011

By Geoffrey Lennon

Work/Life Balance – The Balance Doesn’t Matter…It’s About Control

My perspective is that having control over your Work/Life Balance is far more critical to your happiness in life than the actual ‘balance’ which exists therein. That is to say, even if your balance is ‘out-of-balance’ by most measures, as long as you’re in control of the situation…actively choosing the (im)balance, that is more important than how the Work/Life math works out in the end.

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Random observations

Last Week’s Top Tweets

Last week’s tweets

Adversity: It’s Not Whether It Will Happen But How You React That Counts

Short-term thinking: Misery is OK, as long as it’s less lousy

Product Innovation captures the imagination; Process innovation captures markets

Understanding why: Developing Critical Thinking in kids

Ask yourself: When did you give up?

That’s how we’ve always done it: Familiarity vs. functionality

A little more conversation, please

Work/Life Balance – The Balance Doesn’t Matter…It’s About Control

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