Things Are Not As They Seem

Ours is a visual and sometimes a superficial world. We can be quite convinced that, that1 which we see, tells the whole story and the only story. This temporary blindness often prevents us from getting to the heart of the matter – which can affect us seriously. Let us...

The Engineer and Business

Having prided ourselves on applying the engineering philosophy to creating a highly successful CCCCbusiness model to assist clients, perhaps it is time to explain what this engineering approach to running a business is all about. 1. What is an Engineer? As stated...

The Life of a Visionary

A young lady engineer recently asked me what it was like to be a visionary. Frankly, I hadn’t thought of myself as deserving of that lofty appellation, but I answered her, nonetheless, as best as I could. She kept exploring the leading edges I had investigated over my...

The Rules of Business

A business newspaper article on the May 26 by Michael Kelly of Wilfrid Laurier University reviewed a new business book “Three Rules” by Raynor and Ahmed, consultants with Deloitte’s. Fortunately, this business book appears to offer sound business rules – vs. many...

It is all about the mind

As most of you are aware, CCCC at its outset was fashioned to help companies improve their performance. Along the way, we realized that performance improvement could not happen without the collaboration of the employees at the very bottom of (and throughout) the...