Most of my peers starting voting in the early 1980s, thus, we knew very little about the early formative years of Ronald Reagan. In a new treatise entitled “The GE Years: What Made Reagan Reagan“, the author explains the evolution of
A Rabbi and a Priest…
Another funny one from Sam Greenwood… A Rabbi and a Priest were sitting next to each other on an airplane. After a while, the Priest turned to the Rabbi and asked, “Is it still a requirement of your faith that
Moslem View – Another Data Point
Guess what? I have another data point for my anonymous interviews of Moslems that have moved from the Middle East to the United States… On my return trip to the New Orleans airport, I found myself with an Egyptian taxi
Business in New Orleans
I just spent a few days at a business conference in New Orleans. This was a summit on “Design for Six Sigma” and I co-presented the interim results from one of our projects. While it was not a large meeting,
Israeli Tennis Players at Australian Open
He has not quite broken out yet, but Israeli tennis player Dudi Sela took number 26 seed Marat Safin to 5 sets at the recent Australian Open. Sela is a 21 year old player that had to win 4 matches
Your Dad was Wrong
Most of us grew up thinking our fathers knew everything about cars… A recent article in Popular Mechanics outlines the top 10 myths about cars that our dads perpetuated: 1. DAD SAID: “Let the engine idle to warm up on cold days.”
Moslem Taxi Driver
It’s always helpful to sample the real world on your own – without the clinical distillation that comes from getting information from newspapers and television… Earlier this week, I took a taxi from the airport to my hotel, and just
My Perception of Consulting
There are many folks that pretend to be professional consultants… the poster below sums up my viewpoint of those imposters:
Company Motivation
I’m sure that some of you work in those companies where the rah rah mentality is manifested with motivational posters and all of the Psychology 101 clap trap… There is an interesting web site called Demotivators that captures the cynicism
A Bunch of Basketball
We’ve had a “boat load” of basketball in Southwest Ohio this weekend… there was the OSU victory .vs. Tennessee on Saturday afternoon; the UD .vs. La Salle victory on Saturday evening; and the WSU .vs. UWGB victory at home on Saturday night… Wow!