September 2019 Monthly Musing I have recently come across several missives that place various management methodologies on an unassailable pedestal – elevated to near religious standing complete with dogma that is seemingly beyond question or challenge.  This is a mistake – with the risks being the loss of credibility to those who hold such strong…

Issue: 2018-08 August 2018   Message from our Founder The origins of the summer holiday break are often believed to be rooted in agriculture.  It is widely believed that the school calendar follows the agrarian farming calendar population across the world primarily consisted of a farming population.  In the Spring, people were busy with preparing…

Operational Excellence by DesignSM  Issue: 6 June 2013 “Operational Excellence is when the efforts throughout the organization are in a state of alignment for achieving its strategies and where the corporate culture is committed to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance AND the circumstances of those who work there –  to pursue ‘Operational Excellence by…

Sponsored By Issue: 2016-12 December 2016 Founder’s Corner As we come to the end of another year, we find ourselves reflective of the year’s hard fought battles won and lost, of loves arrived and departed, and of successes and disappointments. With rebuilding spirit, we look with great anticipation to what lay before us in the…

May 2019 Monthly Musing Whether high school or college, students around the world are graduating.  Some will go on to further their education, some will enter the job market – many for the first time.  More likely than not, the job the get will not be their ideal job or their last job, but the…

January 2019         Monthly Musing   By now, most of us have made and broken our “New Year’s Resolutions”.  But I recently came across the idea of a “dream-map” which might prove to be more useful.  It’s similar to an A4 exercise found in Lean.  But instead of being forensic and detailed,…