Another timely quotation from the powerpoint notes of a professor: Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy – Franz Kafka Enough said……
The Slime of Bureaucracy
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Zurbaran – Two Views of Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose
The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal offers subscribers a break from the frenetic pace of the world financial markets, with the latest reports of turbulence or destruction or fraud or other minor acts of malfeasance. Instead of a … Continue reading
A For Effort
Once, way back when I was a working man, I had a conversation with my boss about an issue with the operation I was managing. I can’t remember whether it was about our receiving operation, i.e. getting stock into inventory … Continue reading
The Dip
A copy of Seth Godin’s new book , The Dip, fell into my hands a few days ago. Like a lot of people, I think Seth is a very smart guy. His blog is a source of wonderful insights and … Continue reading
The IQ of Where To Be
Like a lot of kids around the southeast, I grew up watching Dean Smith’s Tarheels play basketball. Phil Ford, Dennis Wuycik, Bobby Jones, these were the names we knew during our formative years. For us, the Tarheels represented the metaphor … Continue reading