On the importance of “Why” from “Getting things done”

On the importance of “Why” from “Getting things done”

From David Allen’s book “Getting things done” Blog’s note: This is an ultimate book on “How”. We found many of its simple tips inspiring (such as if you have something to be done and can’t do it in 2 minutes write it down...
Deming, Total Quality, and the Fundamental Respect for People

Deming, Total Quality, and the Fundamental Respect for People

Edward Deming is known as the father of the quality movement. TQM became a fixeture of many industrial and non-industrial companies. Yet, according to studies two thirds of companies consider that TQM hasn’t met their expectations. Is it TQM’s or Dr....
Japan Airlines CEO has no ego, says CBS (2min 20sec)

Japan Airlines CEO has no ego, says CBS (2min 20sec)

With many CEOs running their businesses into bankruptcy by making questionable business decisions and indulging in ego-driven excesses, the CEO of Japan Airlines proves that Americans can learn something from others. Just as Japanese business models helped it become a...

Autonomy, awareness, and freedom

Famous psychologist on how to free oneself by Eric Berne Eric Berne is known for his Transactional Analysis theory and quite a bleak view of humans spending their life to play “games”. Yet, in the last couple of pages of his book “Games People...