by Whitney | Jul 11, 2013 | business, community
Seth Godin had an interesting post today talking about delight and mentioning six sigma. It caught my attention, because some folks I know have been taking six sigma classes who work in health care. Health care, and all of the caretakers in the system- doctors,...
by Whitney | Jan 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve spent most of my free moments over the weekend reading and contemplating Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin. I’m about half way through, and it’s becoming clear that one of Seth’s main themes is that the real way to get ahead is to make...
by Whitney | Dec 14, 2008 | books, business, economics, education, learning
There’s always a year end meme that goes something like “Top Ten (insert noun here) of the Year”, so I thought I would do one of my own in a bunch of sequential posts (ten perhaps??). Here’s number one: Top Ten Books I Read This Year –...
by Whitney | Oct 29, 2008 | business, community, new media, social media
“Business Relationships” used to sound like an oxymoron- there was business, and then there were relationships, friendships, you had outside of the business or work world. Companies classically (and probably still do in many places) discourage workplace...
by Whitney | Sep 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Over the weekend, I heard two politicians make comments that stuck with me. Mike Castle, congressman from Delaware, reported that in recent talks with ING Bank, they are doing very well. The mortgages that they have financed are doing fine, and there’s no...