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Last weekend in the Nantucket ferry terminal, I passed a defunct phone booth, the ornate wooden kiosk kind that was used twenty years ago to frame a..
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August 24 , 2016.
Putting The Pieces Together
Summer’s here, and that means a family vacation to the beach, the boardwalk and the Hamilton’s favorite Pizza place. We all agree that Manco’s pizza..
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July 24 , 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.
Invisibility
A chance reading recently provided a thought from Henry Thoreau that I think is worth sharing. Thoreau said: “The greatest compliment that was ever..
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August 14 , 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.
Addicted to Lean
One of my early lessons in leading change came at the age of 19, while working in in a program known as VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America. The..
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June 16 , 2014.
It’s a Small World After All
[Many thanks to Gerry Cronin and Julieanne Brandolini for passing along the following story about sharing between industry and healthcare. Gerry..
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December 09 , 2013.
Northeast Shingo Prize Conference Information Page
Click to Register We apologize for the horrible timing however GBMP's websites are undergoing intermittent maintenance (gbmp.org and..
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September 10 , 2013.