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Category Archives: Business
The Goal – Chapter 06
Chapter 6 takes us back to the plant, where our narrator meets with his controller to re-evaluate financial numbers. Then he returns late to home where he misses his daughter and finds a disappointed wife. The chapter closes back at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Books, Uncategorized
Tagged Constraint, Goldratt, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, ToC
The Goal – Chapter 05
“They’re out there renting warehouses to store all the crap they’re buying so cost-effectively.” Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Books, Uncategorized
Tagged Constraints, Goldratt, The Goal, ToC
The Goal – Chapter 02 – Defining Process
A page by page review of the highlights of Chapter 2 of Goldratt’s classic, “The Goal” which introduces the Theory of Constraints. #toc Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Books, Uncategorized
Tagged Goldratt, Manufacturing, Operations, Theory of Constraints, ToC
Apple’s Watch – Offense or Defense?
Apple’s watch is the future of the company. The watch will shrink in size, radio quality will improve, capabilities will grow and eventually watch revenues will pass the iPhone. No, no, no. Apple’s watch is a defensive play. Look for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Books, Disruption, Invention, Theory
Tagged Amazon, Apple, Book series, Christenssen, Constraint, Disruption, Theory of Constraints
Five criteria for picking winning industrial / manufacturing technologies
5 criteria for picking winning industrial technologies Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, Innovation, Theory
Tagged 3D Printers, 3D Printing, additive manufacturing, Fast, Framework, Innovation, Rubric, Selection, Speed, technology
Trust: “We’re not following rules, but expect you to.”
There are many great political and social points in Catton’s histories of the American Civil War. In his 1961 book The Coming Fury, he discusses how Southern plantation authors were going to Union generals and asking to have their slaves returned. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, History, Industry, Methods, Policy, Trust
Tagged Civil War, Contracts, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Law, leadership, Legal, Relationships, Severability, Trust
“What does it take to be CEO?” Reflections a year after leaving.
The question caught me off guard. My interviews after resigning in October ‘16 were split between pure startups (IoT, Industrial, Fiber and Filtration related mostly), where having had the CEO title was enough, and bigger companies / past customers (mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Methods
Tagged Career, CEO, Change, Family, Job, Job search, leadership, Life, Management, Moving, Relocation, Work life balance
