Sitting in a pub that was more than twice as old as my country, I asked a mature, not to say wizened, local, “How is the economy here?” Continue reading
A tad less hand-wringing is in order
“I can predict when a senior officer is going to be fired,” Steve said, and sipped his coffee.
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Breakthrough, transformative, dynamic states of the 16 highly effective power secrets for integrated energy leadership
I had to ask myself, “Why do you get so irritated by this?” Continue reading
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The drawbacks of efficiency
As a manufacturing manager in two distinctly separate industries, I learned the value of predictable processes, economy of resource allocation, division of labor and other elements of getting the best possible products created in the least possible time at the lowest possible cost with the fewest mistakes. Every planner, manufacturing engineer, production manager and cost accountant knows that efficiency is the Holy Grail. Continue reading
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