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R.I.P. to J.I.T.
If you have any involvement in supply chain you know it is broken….maybe irretrievably. Forgive me if I say it out loud: R.I.P. to J.I.T.
Signs of spring
All around are signs of spring: trees are budding, grass is greening up, snow is melting in the mountains, fressias have bloomed. Hiring is getting
Feral Invasive Species
At 5 am, the dog barks at the burros wandering down the street outside our hotel. Again, at 5:20, and every 20 minutes thereafter until
Roll with it
Last night driving back from the first dressy event we have been to in 2 1/2 years, Paul swerved but could not avoid something in
Pulling together
Reports a month ago that China was asking Russia not to invade Ukraine until after the Olympics seemed far fetched. And, the Ukrainians were telling
Miscalculations
This has been a week of unbelievable, sad, scary and very public miscalculations. The Ukrainians bought Putin’s claim that he wouldn’t invade. Big miscalculation. Putin
“Plan” better habits
All you spontaneous types, listen up. If you want to have more energy, or get more focus, or be strategic not reactive, it won’t just
Not going back
Driving to an in-person meeting Friday morning through rush hour traffic, I realized that I was not going back to a daily commute. Luckily I
Personal Stretch Goals
In December, I set personal stretch goals including an outrageous BHAG of 40 days of downhill skiing by May 2022. For context, I had never
Demographics win!
We have always been effected by demographic shifts, but they usually don’t come quickly. So we don’t notice until they have crept so far that
Tweak those resolutions
We are 3/4 through with January which is a good time to examine our progress and tweak those resolutions we set for 2022. Actually, there
Your “team one”
It made sense when Patrick Lencioni said it, and it made sense when I read it in The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team 20 years ago,
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