Socrates Says

Friday Filosophy #2014-41

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche   “Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.” Euripides   “The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Tony Blair   From the annals of Slee Says – “what would you […]

Confessions of a Service Manager ~ Bill Pyles

We are introducing a new area for our blog. We are asking experienced Industry professionals to write on a subject that they think would be of interest to our followers. Today, I am introducing Bill Pyles. Bill has 40 plus years in the OEM product support arena. He worked for Caterpillar, Komatsu and John Deere […]

Friday Filosophy #2014-40

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Warren G Bennis   “The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.” Kahlil Gibran   “Experience is the child of thought and thought is the child of action.” Benjamin Disraeli   From the annals of Slee […]

Training for the Capital Goods Industry

Training has long been a problem for many businesses. Management and Leadership have conflicting views on personnel. Edward Gordon, in his book “Future Jobs,” points out the threats posed by under-skilled employees. He goes on to challenge the education providers to deliver more on their promise of providing a skilled individual. One side of the […]

Product Support Marketing: A Guide…#MarketingMonday

Let me introduce you to#MarketingMonday.  With the arrival of Learning Without Scars and our embedding the blog in the www.learningwithoutscars.org web site we are kicking off a fresh series of activities. You are by now quite familiar with my Friday Filosophy. Well this is the first of our #MarketingMondays. We will post a new blog […]

Friday Filosophy #2014-39

“The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams come true.” Author Unknown   “This life is worth living, we can say, because it is what we make it.” William James   “If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are […]