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July 2006

His Chin was Criticized: Market Segmentation

by Pete Abilla on July 14, 2006

weak chin, ufc

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Last week a few buddies and I watched The Ultimate Fighting Championships 61. It was pretty good. A few featured fights were Tito Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock and others. One of the fights was between Andre Arlovski vs Tim Sylvia. During the Arlovski [...]

Cumbaya Management Essentials

by Pete Abilla on July 11, 2006

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn . . . or, how to ensure that nothing gets done in your organization. Make sure that your organization has an unbalanced number of ex-management consultants who have mastered the art of business-speak, have never managed an operation or people, are greasily good [...]

Shmula Cleans Stuff: Ethnography & Product Design

by Pete Abilla on July 7, 2006

ethnography, design, pete abilla

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Warning: This post is longer than normal. I include my thoughts on Product Design and then an article on Ethnography. It’s good stuff, just a little long. I cleaned-up our bird room the other day. I changed the newspaper, their water, I 409′d [...]

Shmula Eats a Donut: Lean at Krispy Kreme

by Pete Abilla on July 6, 2006

donut factory process improvement

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn The red light flashing at Krispy Kreme is a good sign for our family: it means free, heart-stopping, artery-clogging, but tasty glazed donuts. On July 4, the light was flashing and calling our family over to get some. While there, I was impressed [...]

Shmula Goes Camping: Drum-Buffer-Rope

by Pete Abilla on July 2, 2006

drum buffer rope, theory of constraints

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn My family and I went camping with my brother-in-law and his family. We went to a place in Utah called Uinta National Forest — it was beautiful. We prepared well, got the tent and camping stuff ready, then headed to the camp site [...]

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