The Slate Truck

Finally, I’m excited about a new car and car company.  We have a saying in 4TLAS: “Make the right thing to do the easy thing to do.” One thing I’ve learned in over 30 years of making stuff for people to...

Smart or/and Wise

Smart can be measured. Test scores. Speed. Memory. Pattern recognition.Smart is right. Smart is efficient. Smart gets there quickly. You know the smart ones.  But wisdom plays a different game.Wisdom doesn’t rush. It watches. Waits. Wisdom...

Your Voice

Before we had kids, my wife and I had an African Grey parrot named “Zeke.” Big, beautiful grey with a bright red tail.  Watch out, though, because he’d lure you in to pet his head and then, wham!! He’d try to take your finger off. ...

Easy to Use Isn’t the Same as Easy to Master

It depends on where you start and what you mean by “learn how to use.” If you’re a novice at construction, a hammer will take you less than a minute to learn how to use. Same with the saw. But how long will it take you to learn how to use those tools...

What Happend to Christmas Clubs?

When I started working at GE right out of college in 1992, they offered me an opportunity to join the Christmas Club. Choose an amount. Usually small. A few bucks a week automatically deducted from my paycheck and sent directly to the Christmas Club account. I...

The Purpose of Productivity Gains

The market wants faster. Productivity gains help the system go faster. But productivity gains can be (should be?) about giving you, the human, more. More space. More time. More energy. More room to breathe. More ability to innovate. More collaboration. More...

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