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E-Book #4 – Dr Pepper’s Shadow (free pdf download!)

April 2, 2021

Ebook #3: THINKING ABOUT THE BOX (free pdf download…)

January 30, 2021

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: Why Structure and Design Matter So Much

Second ebook is out! Topic: Culture (free download…)

December 16, 2020

DON’T CLIMB THAT POLE! Exploring the Push-Pull of Culture

NEW! Free ebook

December 11, 2020

A New Beach: Insights for Better Change.

Spring!

March 6, 2014

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. Astronomical spring (Northern Hemisphere) 2013 begins on Wednesday, March 20. It’s about time!

The High Wire Act of Organizational Change

January 22, 2014

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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.…

Second Class

December 20, 2013

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A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and…

Survival Is Not Mandatory

December 17, 2013

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It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory. – W. Edwards Demings It is…

A New Beach

December 13, 2013

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A huge hurricane was pounding the Outer Banks of the eastern United States.  A geologist, whose…

Tempering

September 30, 2013

There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him …

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