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Lesson #5: Innovation is Your Invitation to Success
Hall succeeded not only by taking action when others refused, but by taking action in ways that nobody had yet imagined. His meteoric rise to the top is characterized by a willingness to dream and to dare.

FTC Ruling RE Bloggers A Long Time Coming
In the June 11th PI Window on Business broadcast I asked a guest panel the question “Has Blogging Crossed The Threshold of Legitimacy?" As the segment description will tell you, the basis for asking the question in the first place was an AdAge.com article from April 13, 2009 titled “Bloggers Be Warned: FTC May Monitor What You Say, ” in which writer Michael Bush reported that “As part of its review of its advertising guidelines, the FTC is proposing that word-of-mouth marketers and bloggers, as well as people on social-media sites such as Facebook, be held liable for any false statements they make about a product they are promoting.”
Sharing best practices company-wide
Can the IT department really benefit from ideas given from Sales? Can Marketing really get great results if they listen to tips from the mailroom? This article shares what some succesful firms have done concerning the interdepartmental sharing of ideas. An exercise is included for discussion in staff meetings.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Annapolis I grew up in in the late 1940s and 1950s was very "Old South" in its sentiments, a long way from the "D.C. bedroom community" it is today.
Turning Obligation into Celebration
The holidays are upon us, and, especially during the midlife transition, they can be overwhelmingly stressful. Can you redefine what they're about to keep your sanity?
Are Multiple Supply Chains Important Survey Response 2
A 2006 Report made the following statement: "Designing and operating multiple supply networks to meet the needs of specific market segments--supply chain innovation and the use of multiple supply chains will be important to future revenue and market share growth." Based on your own experience is this an accurate assessment? If yes, why? If no, why?
Improving Supplier Delivery using Lean and Six Sigma
Member Question: Can anyone share their experience in improving Supplier delivery performance using Lean and Six sigma methodology?

Why Six Sigma Initiatives Fail A PI Q and A
Member Question: What’s the #1 reason Six Sigma initiatives fail? (Maybe Six Sigma needs to be applied to Six Sigma . . . ?) My Response: At a Value Network Summit in 2007 Glenda Turner (a Supply Chain Integrator with Boeing) made the following statement; “Now that I know the value networks methodology, I would not consider doing a Six Sigma, lean or any other kind of project without first doing a VNA to provide the systems context for the initiative.”

Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 2)
Segment 2 - Supplier Development and Management: The Fruit of a Poisonous Tree? Supplier Development and Management Effective supplier development and management should deliver a competitive advantage in cost, quality, delivery/responsiveness, technology, and innovation achieved.

Attract New Customers With Samples
Despite what almost any marketer in the world will tell you, talk is cheap. While fancy copy and great design may attract eyeballs, the best you can hope it will do is build trust. Your prospective customers can only hope your product works and your brand truly embodies all the nice sentiments it evokes. But ultimately, that's just marketing. If you want customers for keeps, you have to do it through your products. Nothing gets people over the hump to trying your products like offering free samples.

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Are Multiple Supply Chain Networks Important? (A PI Q and A)
I recently posed a question on the importance of Multiple Supply Chain Networks which, within a matter of several hours, elicited 14 responses from around the world. And while the majority of respondents felt that the findings from an ISM, CAPS and AT Kearney 2006 report were not indicative of general market sentiments, it nonetheless has proven to be an issue that is of considerable interest to supply chain professionals and academics. As a result, over the next week I will share the answers as well as corresponding discussion tracks starting today with the response from a Senior Director Supply Chain Operations in the Apparel & Fashion Industry in the United States.

Be on time
This article shares the sentiments of former president George Washington concerning punctuality. Additionally, there are some interesting facts concerning time and the workplace. The article includes a team exercise that may be facilitated in a small group staff meeting.
Does the Present Buy American AccordBy-Pass Popular Opinion Relative to Protectionism
In the October 1st, 2009 Procurement Insights post titled “Buy American Policy: Economic Imperative or Popular Opinion,” I provided an excerpt from my interview with Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day regarding the basis for the Buy American policy. It was of course the Minister’s expressed belief that popular American opinion surrounding protectionism was the basis for Congressional support of the conditions associated with the stimulus bill that would block Canadian firms from accessing the US government market, versus the existence of legitimate economic imperatives. In short, the U.S. Congress was yielding to public sentiments.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Annapolis I grew up in in the late 1940s and 1950s was very "Old South" in its sentiments, a long way from the "D.C. bedroom community" it is today.
Attract New Customers With Samples
Despite what almost any marketer in the world will tell you, talk is cheap. While fancy copy and great design may attract eyeballs, the best you can hope it will do is build trust. Your prospective customers can only hope your product works and your brand truly embodies all the nice sentiments it evokes. But ultimately, that's just marketing. If you want customers for keeps, you have to do it through your products. Nothing gets people over the hump to trying your products like offering free samples.
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