How the World is Changing and What You Need To Do

This is a Part 1 of 3 blog posts on a series of books that Deloitte has sponsored that I think is outstanding. They are a follow-up to the book, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion, This book has been one of my staples in the Read More …

Team Engagement in a Complex World

I just recently read the book Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal that described the transition of the command and control style of management to the more adaptive approach that I have found successful in working with teams. Though I read the Kindle version,  the book Read More …

How Supply Chains Live in a Pull World

“The fact that in manufacturing and across the supply chain that the world around us has fundamentally changed.” – Carol Ptak Related Podcast and Transcription: Supply Chain Thinking: Think Where An excerpt from the podcast that I had with Carol: Joe:  Is there a relationship between ASR and TOC? Is the constraint the same, the Read More …

Presenting in a Digital World

A passionate teacher, Dr. Nick Morgan is committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and then delivering them with panache.  Nick wrote this little treasure, How to Tell Great Business Stories, which is how I happened upon him. Since then he has published a new book, Power Cues: The Subtle Read More …

What Happened to My Linear World

I grew up in the manufacturing world. I think I might have learned how to weld before I learned how to walk. I ended up putting myself through college along with help from the G.I. bill as a welder and later moved into industrial drafting. I even built process equipment. I loved process mapping; value Read More …

Working Positive in a less than Perfect World

Dr. Joey Faucette (@drjoey) is the internationally known author of the #1 Amazon best-seller, Work Positive in a Negative World: Redefine Your Reality and Achieve Your Business Dreams. He is the founder of Listen to Life, a business coaching company that helps owners, leaders, sales professionals, managers, and others to achieve their business dreams primarily through Read More …