EFFICIENCY IS BAD!

Society has concluded that following the rules of efficiency is a noble pursuit.  These notes offer an alternate response. Human Tendency   Whether it is by a socially driven characteristic or by self-preservation, it is a human tendency to be efficient.  We laud and...

INNOVATION IN CANADA

Canadian politicians have concluded that the observed deficiencies in the Canadian economy stem from a root cause of Canada having a lower level of innovation than almost every other G7 country.  Steps are now being proposed to bring innovation up within  Canadian...

CURSES OF PAVF

While the strengths of each of the PAVF characteristics are to our advantage, we ourselves are left with a demonic curse, no matter our dominant characteristic. CURSE OF ‘P’  Impatience is the curse of the P.  So anxious to get things done, we as a recognized P, rush...

Chaos Theory

In November 2016, I delivered a 4-hour lecture in Guadalajara Mexico to a business group about Chaos Theory. How does one explain Chaos Theory and, even before answering that, we ask: why should anyone even bother with Chaos Theory? The reason we go to the trouble to...

Middle-of-the-Night Awakenings

Often I wake up in the middle of the night disgustingly alert and wonder how I will fall back to sleep. In sharing this questionable predilection with my friends, I discovered that they too are affected in such a way – happening far more often that they would like....

The World Wars

The significance of the two World Wars tends to get lost as time passes. Historically speaking both are important because they each authored a dramatic change in international relationships. Our significant take is that businesses, too, have a history to draw on and...