From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Less is Less with Jason Fried

by Pete Abilla February 18, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Interview: Jason Fried, 37Signals

Most of you know who Jason Fried is – the founder of 37Signals and the author of several books, including Rework, his most recent publication. He’s on shmula.com to answer your questions – on Lean Thinking, Design, Less is Less, Customer Development, and other principles he lives by and encourages others to consider in his [...]

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Ask Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Interview

by Pete Abilla February 10, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Interview: Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project

We’re delighted to have Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, on shmula.com today. Similar to prior interviews we’ve done [1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15], you – the reader – have [...]

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Nothing Else You Need To Do

by Pete Abilla February 8, 2010

I reluctantly filed and survived – I finished my taxes.  I used TurboTax and things went smoothly.  Today, I received a message that was relief to read: Nothing Else You Need To Do It’s nice to know exactly what is expected of you.  In this case, I’m done and I need to do nothing else. [...]

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Cost Savings for a Fortune 500 Company

by Pete Abilla February 4, 2010

Cummins Inc.1 reported their Q4 2009 earnings call today. In that call, they reported a cost savings of over $500MM due to their emphasis on Lean Thinking and Six Sigma. In the words of Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc: We also continue to make heavy use of Six Sigma to drive quality [...]

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Just Dial “0″ (“Zero”)

by Pete Abilla February 3, 2010

On the way to work this morning, a commercial on National Public Radio (NPR) caught my attention.  It was a commercial for Ally Bank and one phrase piqued my interest (I’m paraphrasing): To open an account, call xxx-xxx-xxxx and to talk to a real person, push “0″ anytime. In the radio commercial, they emphasized “real [...]

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