8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks (v.Done)
I have been an entrepreneur and in business – nonstop – since 1985. And over the course of those 30-plus years, I have gained a lot of experience. But as the saying goes; “Experience is the most difficult teacher, she gives the test first and teaches the lesson after.” So I can say, with some degree of…
The Outliers Inn; Business Process Tangles
Welcome to Episode 28 of the Outliers Inn – Business Process Tangles Join Ben and Joe with their special guest Brian Hunt as they discuss business process tangles and how to un-tangle them. Listen now
Leveraging Technology in Pharma
I am not easily impressed by technology. In fact, I am often a contrarian and don’t easily buy into the hype of the “next great thing”. It’s probably a combination of factors. One being that I started my professional career during the 1980’s and 90’s – a period of time when there was a veritable explosion…
Who has the Old Maid?
I was speaking with a friend who is the Chief Operating Officer of a multi-national chemical processing company a few weeks ago. We were speaking about the various challenges that he is facing, which are not unlike the challenges faced by many companies. His most important goal was to maximize profits whilst minimizing inventory – nothing…
The Outliers Inn; Being an outsider with an eye for variation
Welcome to Episode 27 of the Outliers Inn – Being an outsider with an eye for variation Topic: Luca Willington has been in a position where she had to take a different perspective many times – as one of the first yogis in post-communist Romania, as an entrepreneur successfully breaking into the multi-billion international skin-care industry with…
Lean Six Sigma – Reality or a Myth?
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” —John F. Kennedy It seems at every conference, symposium, or other gathering of thought leaders for higher learning where the topic is Lean Six Sigma, many of the attendees—and almost all of the…