E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

Over the last few days, I have had a chance to read through Doug’s latest book: The Failure of Risk Management. Once you get past the bitter/angry tone (justifiably so) of that the chapters detailing the bad practices currently employ, the rest of the book is worth its weight in the most precious metal. If [...]

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It is not uncommon for the business tools, facilities and equipment to become the limiting parameter of the continued success. Tools cost money, but that is not what makes them hard to deal with, it is that there are substantial transaction costs involved in buying and selling the tools. The organisations keep many tools they [...]

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We spend most of our awake time in work related activities, so work is really a part of life. It’s impossible to balance a part of something with itself. So the whole basic premise is wrong.  But it is a trick that we need to master, recognizing our work as a key aspect of our [...]

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Well, today I experienced something slick. I was out at Bucketworks, covering the front and studying for my law school, when James rushed in and said: the weather is beautiful, let’s move all work outside. In a matter of 15 minutes folding tables and chairs were setup, extension power cords were run and about half a dozen [...]

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It is not often that French get recognized for valiance in the military activities. They seem to be doing a good job killing and capturing pirates, though. Between American and French efforts they might just make the piracy machine consider the cost of their actions.
A more fundamental political problem still has to be resolved in [...]

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