Socrates Says

So let’s start the week properly. For your parts business. Each and every customer phone call or customer counter visit we should be asking two questions. Every time. What is the machine model and serial number for this parts order? Who is doing the work for you? With the model and serial number we can […]

Merkel’s party lost a significant portion of their vote. Their junior partner did better than expected but not enough to secure a coalition majority. The real test will be on the 13th. The time is now.

Well the early returns indicate that both parties that led the country back from the brink with austerity and international bailouts are being punished and that there will be no clear winner in the election today. This will cause further turmoil. Isn’t that what is needed now? Not. We are witnessing a “New Reality” which […]

In the absence of a clear decisive leadship people will do what they think is the right thing. Bennis says that “good leaders are not outsiders who cheer on a group. They are part of that group, integrated deeply into its fabric and emotional life.” This might give some insight on France. “Someone who views […]

We will be embarking on potentially a new direction involving more spending and more debt. I wonder how the markets will react. The time is now.

Alex Rogo goes through a radical transformation in operations in order to succeed. The keys are reporting criteria in use. The definitions of the goals and objectives and the tracking mechanisms. Many times our measures lead us astray. This is true with all KPI’s (Key Performance Measures) and everything used in Dashboard management Tools. care […]