DARK MATTER

Twenty years ago scientists became aware of mysterious movements of distant galaxies in the universe that made no sense, based on the known laws of gravity.  Astronomers concluded that the sources of these unexplainable forces and activities were very real and...

PERFECTION

All too often, people obsessed with wanting to make something perfect rather than simply ‘good’, miss the window of opportunity that ‘good’ would readily have satisfied.  They end up with nothing.  Thus the expression: perfection is the enemy of good. Beaver Tales...

BRIBES (PART 2)

Review of Part 1 Last month it was pointed out that some cultures and some locations encounter a bribe system among staff, officials and bureaucrats.  The factors that dominate the ‘whys’ of a bribery system were listed as: Underpayment of staff Power Lack of fear...

BRIBES (PART I)

Overview Some cultures and some locations encounter a bribe system among officials and bureaucrats.  How can this be treated and reversed?  The solutions offered below attack the root causes, which require a fundamental cultural shift of the affected group.  As such,...

HEDGEHOG

Overview From the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins, comes the idea of the ‘hedgehog concept’ created by Isaiah Berlin wherein a company defines a simple three-prong focus and sticks to it.  By doing so the enterprise eliminates complication, resists destructive...