Sunday, December 13, 2009

#61 Jill Biden

It makes me proud that Jill Biden is such a wonderful advocate for the role of community colleges in our system of higher education and that she continues to teach even with all of her duties as Second Lady!
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Friday, December 11, 2009

#59 Errant Pilots At Odds Over Blame

For QMS, a Wall Street Journal article that reminds us that sometimes Six Sigma standards aren't tough enough. For some services, we aren't willing to accept any defects/errors.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126015544395079535.html?mod=djem_jiewr_OM

Saturday, December 5, 2009

#57 Rethinking Holiday Perks

An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on how corporations are thinking creatively to reward employees in hard economic times.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704498804574562130603929854.html?mod=djem_jiewr_HR

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

#56 The Blind Side Surprises

Most movies spend lots of dollars before release on promotion as first weekend ticket sales are likely to provide the biggest source of box office revenue. Not so for The Blind Side as word of mouth helps this wonderful movie to a surge in ticket sales over Thanksgiving weekend. I saw it and it's a wonderful film.

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