...questions for this candidate: (1) In their estimation, what most needs shaking and cleaning; and (2) how they would go about it. “I’d stand up to the special interests,” is,...…
...you don’t want to see your job moved offshore. It isn’t only programmers who think this way. So do many managers, at all levels of any organization. Only instead of...…
...overpaid blunderers. Instead, I’m going to tell you about a restaurant and some lessons it provides for you and your teams. The restaurant is Travail. It’s a physically unprepossessing little...…
...provocative actions. Decrease in productivity and overall quality of work. Decrease in commitment and company loyalty. Increase in complaints to HR. Increase in litigation. Increase in tardiness. I’m skeptical, in...…
...worry about it), Integrity, Respect, Quality, Loyalty, and Enjoyment. It’s an information*]}*-free list. Nothing on it could be anything else, unless you think a company might list values like Keeping...…
...information technology can be helpful in reducing process cycle times is hardly a fresh one, it’s no less valid today than it was when first introduced in the mid-1970s or...…
...event, one I promise it won’t be in my home town in North Dakota in January. Or Bob’s home town (Minneapolis) in January. If it’s in January we’ll keep you...…
...and conditions, or you don’t. If you do, you can use the license, if you don’t you aren’t bound by it. Even if, for some reason, you’re stuck with the...…
...need, so we’re increasing your responsibilities and workload (and thanks to Peter Bushman for spotting and translating it). In 2008, and for who knows how long before that, the promise...…
...reduction in costs, which means cost-cutting leads to a net reduction in benefit. It’s the thermostat problem. Separate fixed and variable costs and you get a very different result. Fixed...…