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Last month I joined Eric Buhrens, CEO at Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) to host a leadership team from the Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center. They..
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April 13 , 2018.
The Final Frontier
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first US astronaut to journey to the “final frontier.” Atop a Mercury rocket, Shepard launched into a..
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June 05 , 2017.
Ludicrous Speed
Mel Brooks fans will remember Spaceballs, his jocular jibe at the Star Wars epic. In pursuit of a rebel ship, evil Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis)..
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February 08 , 2016.
Up, Back and Around
Watching the US Women’s Team take the World Cup last week caused me to reminisce about my short-term coaching stint of a U12 soccer team. Before..
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July 13 , 2015.
P-D Ratios
The last few weeks have been all things Shingo for me including a presentation at the Shingo Institute’s International Conference three weeks ago in..
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May 27 , 2015.
3P - Putting People Phirst
With our 10th Annual Northeast Conference just eight days away, I’ve taken a little poetic license with the conference theme, Putting People First,..
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September 22 , 2014.
I'm Against It!
A recent viewing of a Marx Brothers film caused me to reflect on one of the questions I’m frequently asked, “How do you deal with people that are..
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September 02 , 2014.
Frankenstein Equivalents
I was speaking with a friend about a recent downsizing at his church. After nine years, a popular priest had been reassigned to another parish. In an..
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July 22 , 2014.
Lesser Gods
I learned recently of the passing earlier this year of person I worked with twenty years ago at my last job in manufacturing. Manny S. was a ‘lesser..
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July 07 , 2014.
Turkeys
Across a large swath of the U.S., the winter has been especially cold, snowy and dreary this year. So here’s a post with a link to a cheery video at..
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February 25 , 2014.