Category Archives: Rigidity

The Customer Mambo ….. do you want to dance?

    Dancing is universal. It comprises virtually every demographic and global grouping of peoples we could think of. It has meanings up, down, and across our cultures, social circles, traditions, rites of passage, events, moments, fun, status and …… …
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Ever since I lost my umbrella, I’ve been singing in the rain …

This tempestuous business environment has rained on many of us … more like drenched for some. The umbrellas that jobs and careers provided have been lost, torn or broken for so many. Lots of pundits and economic prophets are more …
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We’re running hard, getting better, but we don’t seem to get there in time….

I spent many of my business years in an era chock full of predictability. In fact, once upon a time, I was responsible for forecasting and business intelligence. While it was a task with challenges and full of fascinating insights, …
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Maginot Mentality

The last year of economic and business calamity has shattered much of public and leadership faith in business structures and controls. Regulation failed to regulate, economic self interests of financial institutions imploded from the inbred complexity of derivatives underpinned by illusionary value creation, and the dynamics of a virtual world provided no sea walls against an economic tsunami. The unraveling of the US auto industry is likely to precipitate yet more fundamental changes of how we will all operate and conduct our enterprises
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“Lean, Not Feeble” …. Rethink your choices … some are toxic.

These are scary times! They make the last scare look like a bump in the road. That’s because it was just a bump in the road! Yet, then things looked scary, budgets had to be cut, programs put on hold, …
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“The Last Samurais” … What awaits the Black Belt community in the new world order?

The movie “The Last Samurai” painted a bittersweet view of how a new world order can affect players. The Samurais were depicted as the elite members of society with mastery of skills necessary to forcibly execute the will of their masters. …
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