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I was lucky that the first boss I ever had (at age 13) had much to teach at a point when I had much to learn. Chris M. was a brilliant but illiterate..
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September 16 , 2016.
Be Careful What You Wish For - Part II
Four years ago I posted a funny story passed along to me by a Lean friend, that dealt with the consequences of crazy measures, and how lack of..
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May 27 , 2014.
Mad as H_ll
Okay, I admit, some days I get a little upset when I think about the exodus of jobs from our shores. This clip from the movie Network sums up my..
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September 12 , 2011.
Blame Wars
My introduction to corrective action, about forty years ago, was a four-part form called an Internal Discrepancy Report, or “IDR” as it was..
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September 08 , 2011.