“My goal, our goal is to deliver every time. We ask ourselves everyday are we learning are we becoming more consistent.”
‘A chance to work hard at work worth doing’
. “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” This quote is from our 26th President, he was the youngest of our Presidents and one of three to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Hard work at work worth doing; it is an [Continue Reading]
Family Business Generational In-Flux
Generations in the West are different than in the East. Are you familiar with these generations, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y also known as Millennials? Are they in our Family Business? Historically we had at the most 3 generations in the workplace. Businesses soon may have as many as five generations in the workplace. [Continue Reading]
Driftwood, Spalding and FMEAs
Design For Manufacturing . Otis T. Driftwood and Captain Jeffrey Spalding were working on a new design. It was late, shirt sleeved and tired, the subject turned to this design and what might go wrong. Otis and the Captain developed an experiment that product designers use to identify possible design failures, what the effects of [Continue Reading]
Family Business from Entrepreneurial to Managerial to Professional +Social Media
“An office worker was fired after her employer discovered her sex blog. A waitress was fired for venting about a customer on Facebook. A woman lost a job offer at Cisco because of something she said on Twitter. These incidents illustrate why it might be wise to create a social media policy for our employees.” [Continue Reading]
Water, Wind And The Cloud
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish fill the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. [Continue Reading]
Are You A Leader Or Laggard In The Digital Divide?
“The digital divide has increasingly become about knowledge and adoption of new technologies rather than access. Which side of the divide are you on – are you a leader or a laggard?” This week there were a few events/blogs that really triggered our thoughts. The first was a “Mastermind” meeting. Initially put off by [Continue Reading]
The Proper Mentor
A recent post in the New York Times featured Vice Admiral Edward Straw. Straw graduated from the US Naval Academy and rose through the ranks until he ran the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is an agency in the United States Department of Defense, with more than 26,000 civilian and military [Continue Reading]