Business Owner’s Blog

Maybe. Ben Stein worries. (Yes - the Ben Stein from Ferris Beuller’s Day Off - he’s a legitimate economist). Check out this article.

I came across this in a letter by Jim Womack, author of Lean Thinking and, to hear him tell it, one of the developers of the Toyota Way. The graphics are mine - which is why I’m not a graphic designer.
All value created in any organization is the end result of a lengthy sequence of […]

Sounds like an ad you’d see on late night TV for some dubious and expensive dietary supplement. But, according to this article it’s actually the difference in how the US spends its health care money compared to Canada. We’re getting ripped off! They spend $3k less per year per person and the average life expectancy […]

I agree with Peter Drucker that this one is overrated when running a company. Skill in management is much more important. Nevertheless, leadership can be a useful skill, and it’s much simpler than you’d believe by reading or listening to the folks who make a living teaching courses in it.
Leadership is the ability to get […]