War, Chaos, and Business
From “Dell closing plant as part of 8,800 layoffs,” by Michael Kanellos today at Cnet’s NewsBlog:
Although still considered a leader in logistics and low-cost manufacturing, Dell began to see its market share erode in 2005 because of complaints about poor customer service, among other factors. Dell is now number two behind Hewlett-Packard (which bought Compaq) [...]
Hooray!
We put up with godawful traffic and pollution here in Atlanta, so it’s only fair that we get a spectacular Spring every now and then. The tulips are the second sign — forsythia was the first — that this is going to be a good one. Next up, dogwoods, which can look like [...]
A review by Robert D. Brown, III.
On the 1000th day of its life, Bertrand Russell’s turkey felt fat and happy. The next day, Thanksgiving, he was stuffed with bread and eaten to the great satisfaction of the Russell family. Russell’s turkey met a black swan.[1]
As I have been berating visitors to this blog, Boyd’s work isn’t so much about implementing a methodology as it is a way of thinking about conflict and competition. Over on leanblog.org, Mark Graben makes much the same point about the Toyota Production System:
When you copy, you’re more likely to miss the mark than [...]
During the Adaptive Leadership Conference, retired USMC Colonel Mike Wyly recounted the Corps’ experience in implementing maneuver warfare. Although Boyd was involved in this effort, he didn’t invent maneuver warfare (and the term never appears in Patterns). Maneuver warfare dates back to World War I and rests on the same philosophical base as the [...]