Writer of stories and songs
West Orange - New Jersey
Writer of stories and songs. I retired after thirty-seven years as a management consultant specializing in strategic leadership and change. Now in my fourth career (aspiring actor, speakers booking agent, consultant, writer) I am most open to finding “wisdom in unusual places,” some of which I write down and pass on. Traveling the Consulting Road: Career wisdom for new consultants, candidates, and their mentors is now available on Amazon
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“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” Claude Levi-Strauss I have written elsewhere of my view that the goal of leadership is attract followers to go in the direc...
Image: Construction of the Steve Jobs Theater, Apple "Mothership," new headquarters Cupertino, California I was talking with Bill, an executive at a construction firm. “I’ve been reading about continu...
Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Paul Bethany, Laura Fraser, and Alan Tudyk in the 2001 Columbia Pictures Film, A Knight’s Tale “You have been weighed. You have been measured. And you have been found wanting....
“Leadership!” “Those at the top must lead the parade!” “Can’t do anything without the leaders.” Ask anyone, what is the most critical success factor in a company’s drive to be innovative or to continu...
The late, great Jerry Lewis as a young comedian “You are only young once, Alan, but you can be immature forever.” I’m not sure who first said this to me, probably some elementary school teacher upset...
The late, great Jerry Lewis as a young comedian “You are only young once, Alan, but you can be immature forever.” I’m not sure who first said this to me, probably some elementary school teacher upset...
First, a shout-out to Kelly Eager, who put Dr. Richard Taylor and I together to deliver 4 weeks of continuous improvement (CI) training to a group of operations common process specialists. It was an u...
Continuous Improvement (CI) is a discipline that has been around in the United States (at least) since the turn of the twentieth century. Frederic Taylor published The Principles of Scientific Managem...
Continuous Improvement Initiatives are hardly a new concept in business, but a couple of times recently I’ve been asked for my idea of how to run one, a roadmap of sorts. For many Continuous Improveme...
