Monthly Archives: April 2012

There are few CEOs that really understand continuous improvement and lead their company through this journey. Karl Wadenstein is the CEO of Vibco Vibrators, a company in Wyoming that manufactures industrial vibrators.  Taken from the company website: “Lean Manufacturing at … Continue reading →

I recently saw a video of Nassim Taleb giving a talk in Princeton, discussing his new ideas about fragility, risk, probabilities and future events.   These ideas are the basis of his upcoming book, Antifragility. I specially liked the approach … Continue reading →

The laws of supply and demand are one of the basic tenets in traditional economics.  In a nutshell, all other things constant: If supply stays constant and demand increases, prices will go up.    If supply stays constant and demand … Continue reading →

I recently blogged about Charles Duhigg’s methodology for changing habits, to improve the quality of your life. He recently published an infographic on the changing habits methodology, describing the three simple steps to try to change a habit: The cue, … Continue reading →

And just when you are wondering why things are so tough in the world, you find the video of Caine’s Arcade, describing the project of a 9 year old that wanted to build an arcade out of cardboard boxes in … Continue reading →

Last week I blogged about how to influence people by asking irrational questions. Maslow was a psychologist of the 20th century that that tried to decipher the science behind human motivation, developing his famous hierarchy of needs. A key component of motivation in … Continue reading →

Nothing better than to look at The Oatmeal from time to time to get you thinking on how to do things in a remarkable way. Are you building cars or tanks?

Meetings make a big part of our lives.   Many of us feel that most of them have a lot of non value added activities, or that they should not be there in the first place.   How should meetings … Continue reading →

Motivation and influence is a one of the key functions of managers in companies. When executing new initiatives, if employees are not convinced to follow you in the direction your are proposing, efforts are most likely to fail. It has … Continue reading →

Graduate education costs are one of those big expenses (or investments) that students (or parents) have to make in their lives. We all know several people that are still paying off their college tuition debts, that have high income to … Continue reading →