The Point of Pointing and Calling: A Personal Rediscovery
3 November 2025
A few years back, my business partner at Gemba Academy wrote about a Japanese safety practice called shisha kanko—the act of pointing and calling. At…
Reflections on leadership, lean, and life.
3 November 2025
A few years back, my business partner at Gemba Academy wrote about a Japanese safety practice called shisha kanko—the act of pointing and calling. At…
30 October 2025
I stumbled across a Washington Post article this morning about some fascinating research coming out of Cornell University, and it stopped me in my tra…
26 October 2025
Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford launched a $75 million ad campaign featuring Ronald Reagan’s own words warning against tariffs. The ad has aired…
22 October 2025
On October 20, something broke in Northern Virginia that knocked banking systems offline in London, halted warehouse operations for Amazon itself, and…
14 October 2025
I've been experimenting with something that would have seemed like pure science fiction just a few years ago: assembling advisory teams of world-r…
6 October 2025
Yesterday, standing in my kitchen preparing breakfast, I had one of those startling moments where the past crashes into the present with crystalline c…
29 September 2025
Two years ago, as I settled into my 60s and finally found breathing room after four decades of career stress, I made a decision that would fundamental…
27 September 2025
Something fascinating is happening at the intersection of artificial intelligence and neuroscience, and I can't shake the feeling we're witnes…