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A Holiday Miracle
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Viewing Bill Murray’s “Scrooged” last week for the twenty-fifth time in as many years, I recalled a kind of holiday miracle I witnessed shortly after..
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December 31 , 2014.
Dead See Scrolls
I participated recently in the AME conference in Jacksonville, Florida; a terrific rally for manufacturing excellence with the tongue-twisting theme..
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November 26 , 2014.
NVLLIVS IN VERBA
There was a time when it was not fashionable for managers to associate with front line employees. Alluding to an old adage, I used to joke that you..
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October 24 , 2014.
Overproduction
Not wishing to rub salt in the wounds of my beleaguered Red Sox, their meteoric rise from last place in 2012 to first place in 2013 and subsequent..
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September 25 , 2014.
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.
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.
How We Learn
While I am an unabashed proponent of learning by doing, I have a list of books that have over the years been essential to me as a framework for..
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August 08 , 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.