The collected Body Of Knowledge of the Operational Excellence Society.
What Performance, Relationship, Innovation and Values have in common is that each is an arena for enhancing, focusing, or suppressing peoples’ energy. It follows that the projects with the most available energy are far more likely to succeed. Good ideas and the force of will are not enough. Consider the following examples. TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO…
Few will be surprised to hear that China pollution is escalating and that this is predicted to have a number of negative effects. However, new research is highlighting these concerns in an urgent manner. “PM2.5” refers to the smallest solid particles in the atmosphere; particles that are able to find their way into the depths…
Biased polling has provided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with a “grassroots justification” powerful enough to effectively push through a doubling in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) figure that motor manufacturers must soon achieve or face stiff penalties. This new proposal requires the fleet-average for new…
What makes taxi’s somewhat symbolic of the fight to free hidebound economies? In short; regulations enforced by the state. The taxi market shouldn’t be a complex one, as barriers to entry are low. However, this leads to the risk of having too many taxis on the roads. Cab fares can be problematic too, and unregulated…
A handful of decades ago, the allure of cheaper labor internationally drove the migration of large manufacturers’ production out of the United States. However, these large companies are now reconsidering this move, based on the finding that the benefit of lower wages may not be financially worth the increased costs of logistics and materials. For…
Income inequality is something most are familiar with. But, who are the select few who sit pretty in the top 1% of earners across the USA? Those who earned more than $380,000 in 2008 made it on to the list, while on average that top 1% enjoyed an average household income of $1.2m in 2008….
