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New years bring resolutions, but those resolutions rarely stick. Creating change is difficult, and it’s hard to do it alone. New years remind us that we…

The reality of meliorism | Seth’s Blog Nearly 150 years ago, George Eliot gave us a name for our project. She pointed out that we could…

Calendars are a choice | Seth’s Blog Humans are unique. We give names to the days of the week (we even have weeks). We eat something…

Secret recipes | Seth’s Blog “You can try this at home…” But you probably won’t. The secret recipe isn’t the reason Coke is successful. And the…

Organizations lie all the time. Big lies, sometimes, but usually small ones. Is the call volume actually unusually heavy? Did a chef really prepare this meal…

You might be both. In big organizations, project management is a distinct skill. It involves timekeeping, record keeping and organization. The project manager knows the budget…

When the truck makes a delivery at the nearby True Value hardware store, Danny needs to figure out which shelf to put it on. Should the…

When I include links to various books and items on this blog, your purchases generate a small royalty that I earmark for worthy causes. This year,…

Marketing as we know it happened because of machines. Machines made factories dramatically more efficient, which meant that producers could no longer easily sell everything they…

Leading side by side | Seth’s Blog Orchestras are difficult. One reason is that we’re really good at noticing when they’re out of tune. Just a…