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Confessions of a Wordscapes Addict
Did you know that you can spell the words READ, DEAR, and DARE all from the same set of four letters? You probably don’t CARE. The problem is, I do. I care that I cannot spell CARE with the letters AEDR. I care far more than I’d like to admit. Finding a set of letters like AEDR where…
My Covid Booster: Some Simple Ways to Speed up the Line
Over a year ago, I wrote a blog about receiving a Covid-19 test and how simple process changes could be made to increase the throughput of the system—that is, to test more potentially infected people in less time without any additional resources, and without making anyone work any harder or faster. A few weeks ago, I found…
Book Review: Improvement by Bob Emiliani
Improvement: A Hundred-Year Plan for Progressive Management (Cubic LLC, 2020) By Ken Eakin From the title of Emiliani’s recent book[1], you might expect a specific, detailed blueprint for how to implement a better, more progressive style of business management from now until 2121. You might imagine project milestones stylishly illustrated in colourful Gantt charts, telling you…