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February 2010

Less is Less with Jason Fried

by Pete Abilla on February 18, 2010

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 on February 10, 2010

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 on February 8, 2010

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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 on February 4, 2010

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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 on 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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