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The High Cost of Shame
I have a terrible confession to make. You have, of course, heard of people who are color blind. Well, I am taste-in-clothing blind. This is not genetic. It was acquired. I was the youngest of six kids; we were … Continue reading
Principles of Applied Stupidity– Cliff Notes Version
hi all, just fyi the folks at the nat'l assoc of CPA's have somehow seen fit to publish another article of mine, this one kind of a quick highlights/ greatest hits/ executive summary of my princples of applied stupidity, or … Continue reading
We Do Not Need to Teach Problem-Solving Skills
One element of the dogma of the academic industrial complex that really bugs me that no end is the constant mantra of “we need to teach children problem-solving skills.” I hear this phrase all the time. This is a classic … Continue reading
The Wondrous Value of Incompetence
Ok, in lieu of a blog post, here is yet another article published on "Advisor Perspectives." This is an excerpt from "Principles of Applied Stupidity": http://advisorperspectives.com/newsletters11/The_Wondrous_Value_of_Incompetence.php
Applying Toyota Lean Thinking . . . to Thinking
I have recently been introduced to the concept of Toyota lean thinking. I realize that to some of you who are reading this, Toyota lean is old news, so my apologies… but as I read and learn more about Toyota … Continue reading
Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead
As regular readers of this blog know, I am a big fan of David Meerman Scott’s… even more so now that he put an excerpt from “Real Men Don’t Rehearse” in his latest book “Real-time Marketing and PR.”!! Anyway, his … Continue reading
Sandra Day O’Connor Is Such a Tease
So I was watching Sandra Day O’Connor on TV the other day. She was talking about the need to teach “civics” in public schools, and how she had created some sort of computer game for kids to play that would … Continue reading
In Learning, It’s about Quality, Not Quantity
In about two weeks, I am presenting to a group of medical professionals. It’s a custom designed show, and I’m very excited about it. As I have been sitting here planning and rehearsing the show, I had a bit of … Continue reading
new video
well I am doing as much marketing as I can here, and I just edited up a piece of video from a presentation I did for the CEO Club of Boston. The excerpt below is about mistake management . . … Continue reading
Leadership Begins with Contempt
Lately I have been running into a lot of books and blogs and tweets about what it is that “leadership” consists of. These are all very nice, but there’s one thing that has been consistently lacking in all of these … Continue reading
