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Recalculating…
02/8/10 — by Mike Osredker I have a new GPS unit and fortunately have not suffered the ignominy of following it blindly into a snow bank or onto a remote logging road thus requiring rescue by the local authorities and receiving my 15 seconds of fame on the local news.  However, I don’t always follow the path it [...]

A Recommendation…
02/1/10 — by Lorin Walker, MOB, PhD Some gifts keep on giving. Even when we think they won’t. Even when past experience says no way never. When they do keep on, what a singular experience. And so, with confidence, after a few months of testing, I recommend a resource that 7 times out of [...]

Cars, Leaders and Teams….…Interesting Parallels
01/13/10 — by Tom Ainsworth I have always been a nut about cars and the mechanical marvels that they are.  That said, the discerning reader might detect my lifetime timeframe.  Yes, I grew up in a simpler age of cars….they were mostly mechanical and quite easy to upgrade and repair as a do-it-yourselfer. Today’s vehicles have a new degree [...]

Communication 101 for ’10
01/5/10 — by Mike Osredker There are many daily newsletters that find their way to my inbox and one in particular usually has a number in the headline.  You know the type – “5 ways to …,” or “Ten things you need to know for ….”  I looked back over the last quarter’s topics (which reminds me I [...]

I am reminded again:
12/28/09 — by Lorin Walker, MOB, PhD The boss is 80% of the job. She or he sets the tone, the climate, the “how-fun-and-productive-it-is-to-work-here” index. I am reminded to trust the process, to trust the good intentions, the weight of the preparation and the desire to succeed of the people who are on most teams. To expect breakthroughs and one [...]