Weathering the Crisis: Tactical Solutions You Can Quickly Put In Place
Manufacturers routinely face uncertainty, risk, and volatility in everyday operations.
Manufacturers routinely face uncertainty, risk, and volatility in everyday operations.
The “camp” where we board our cat is fantastic. Our cat gets “tree time”—a giant climbing structure with tunnels and carpeted “trees” to climb and scratch. She gets the best of tender loving care, complete with brush-outs and nail trims.
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced tens of millions of employees across the United States to work from home.
Every endeavor we undertake starts with a goal. A goal starts as an idea, which morphs into a desire, which becomes a goal. Ideas are vague, desires are inspiring, and a goal is actionable inspiration.
I recently read an article in an airline magazine about the resurgence of something called paint by numbers. The idea came about during the early 1950s, and it’s a mix between a coloring book and painting on a canvas.
Hong Kong scientists teaching a panicked populace to make their own surgical masks with paper towels and metallic wire mus
Although Covid-19 shelter-in-home edicts usually use the terms “essential” and “nonessential,” most business owners think of doing business as essential for survival. Many organizations don’t have the resources to temporarily suspend business.
In today’s column, I am looking at wu wei, which is an important concept detailed in the Chinese classic text, Tao Te Ching. This term is generally translated into English as wu = no, wei = action, or no action.
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