Monthly archive: July 2011

Process – the roadmap to prosperity.  Processes are a series of identified, measurable steps documenting the way a task is done.  Think of the pre-flight checklist a commercial airline pilot goes through.  Think of a police officer reading a suspect his rights.  Think of a hospital emergency room triage system.   The same words and actions, [...]

What is the worst reason you can think of for performing a task in a certain way? “Because that’s how we’ve always done it.”  These seven words are the recipe for stagnation.  As we have discussed before, we like to stay in our comfort zone – where it is safe and familiar.  How does this [...]