Recently severe weather tore through Texas, and it brought with it several tragic things. I walked outside of my house, and I saw damage everywhere. Trees that had been in the neighborhood for over 30 years had fallen, and they were blocking the roads. There was a sense of loss that filled the air. In …
Category Archives: Continuous Improvements
Transformative Travels
Lessons from a Surf Trip to Tamarindo, Costa Rica Travel is one of the things that brings me joy, and I enjoy planning vacations. I carefully weigh my options before I book a vacation. This is because the world is large, and time is a limited resource. When I make decisions on taking a vacation, …
Cooking with Continuous Improvements: Lessons from the Kitchen
What inspired your journey with continuous improvements? I’ve always felt that the kitchen is more than a place where people cook and eat. It is a gathering place where friends and family come discuss things that are truly important. In addition, it is the place where significant collaboration occurs. For these reasons, it would make …
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The Sweet Science of Continuous Improvements
“Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.” – Sugar Ray Leonard Fitness is always included in my New Year’s resolutions, so I have been deliberating about the types of workouts that I will be doing this year. I enjoy boxing inspired workouts, because they combine the cardio, strength training, and the strategy from …
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Process Superpowers
“One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” -Jeff Bezos Which superhero would be considered to be more innovative: Superman or Batman? The answer is Batman. The justification for this selection is, because he has to be. After all, Batman does not have any actual …
Risk Mitigation on the Second Iteration
For unseen risks, pilot the innovation and execute the risk mitigation on the second iteration.
Living the Dream with Continuous Improvements
“You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.” – Michael Dell The Society for Human Resource Management’s 2017 Employee Job Satisfaction Survey stated that only 41% of respondents were extremely satisfied with the work itself. Unfortunately, this …
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The Journey
Every hike always begins with a destination, because that is why you spend months training and planning the perfect trip. You want to reach your goal, and that was the point of the trip. This seems like reasonable logic, because the goal started the whole process. When you look back at the trip months or …
Technology and Optimizing Processes 