Tag Archives: Sustainability

“It’s a Swing and a Miss …!”

By John Evelyn  |  September 10, 2009  |  General

Sports are a big part of life for players and fans. Sports can consume weekends and represents a big chunk of profits for beer brewers, chip makers, hot dog stuffers and the myriad of commercial entities from logo-wear to HDTV manufacturers. We use sports as a handy metaphor for many examples, particularly the competitive type. I like them a lot, but there is one that is troubling if used inappropriately.
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“Ouch! Labor Hurts!”

By John Evelyn  |  September 8, 2009  |  Adversity,Agility,Alignment,Blind Spots,Capability,Competition,Fit for purpose,General,Legacy,Leverage,Resources,Respect,Rigidity,Risks,Sustainability,Teamwork,Technology

Yesterday was Labor Day in the US. When I was growing up, it was usually a milestone close to the end of summer and a signal that back to school was here. The contributions and needs of labor did not weigh into my view or feelings about the day back then. They are a big deal today and weigh heavy.
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“I’m Going to Pump You Up!”

By John Evelyn  |  September 4, 2009  |  Adversity,Blind Spots,Capability,Diets,Leadership,Obesity,Purpose and Values,Risks,Tapestry of your life,Transparency,Winning

Last year I lost a friend to heart disease. He had a stroke that eventually proved fatal.
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“This Tip is on Purpose”

By John Evelyn  |  August 28, 2009  |  Adversity,Alignment,Blind Spots,Capability,Execution,Fit for purpose,Leadership,Purpose and Values,Tapestry of your life,Vision

You did that on purpose!” I often hear that when someone’s about to get it for a misdeed. It differentiates those actions that are done with intent from those not by mistake or accidentally. So, the word purpose can be used to differentiate a special cause from a random cause. In this case, it takes on the differentiator for indictment, something a prosecutor might want to propose (ironic, that purpose and propose share the same etymological genealogy)
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“Once Upon a Time … and Then They Lived Happily Ever After”

By John Evelyn  |  August 5, 2009  |  Adversity,Agility,Blind Spots,Capability,Diagnosis,Execution,Fit for purpose,Rigidity,Risks,Sustainability,Transparency

“Once Upon a Time … and Then They Lived Happily Ever After”
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You Can’t Go Back To Somewhere You’ve Never Been To

By John Evelyn  |  July 6, 2009  |  Agility,Capability,Execution,Fit for purpose,Leadership,Lean,Operational Excellence,Resources,Rigidity,Six Sigma,Technology,Winning

My first car was a beautiful 1956 Oldsmobile; I bought it in 1968, during the early half of my senior year in high school. It increased my degrees of freedom and mobility. No more having to catch rides with my …
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Hey, Is That Your Relic?

By John Evelyn  |  June 29, 2009  |  Capability,Competition,Fit for purpose,Leadership,Legacy,Purpose and Values,Sustainability,Tapestry of your life,Vision

Our world and economic order continues its journey through a Darwinian evolution. Looking back, we can readily observe transition points where new entrants or renewed players were better suited to succeed and those less adaptive or endowed, diminished and some …
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