breakthrough
breakthrough
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by Donald Mitchell - 2007-05-17
No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.― John F. KennedyAn emergency room (ER) nurse kept hearing complaints from patients who had been waiting for hours to see a doctor. After rea...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2007-05-19
INTRODUCTIONIf It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix ItA motorist asks a farmer for a glass of water. The farmer obliges, using a hand pump to draw water from a well. The pump handle turns close to a board, and t...
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by Michael A. Verdicchio - 2007-11-14
Standing by the desk in my office one day, I suddenly blurted out, “I am really getting frustrated over this!” And I was, too!About five or six seconds after saying that, I caught myself,...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2007-12-22
A number of years ago, Jell-O marketers were looking for a way to expand volume for the brand's gelatin. The product was one of the most profitable food products ever, but volume growth was weak.The m...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2007-12-25
A businessman pondered how to grow his profits. He traveled the world looking for new products and lower cost suppliers. He ran every kind of sales promotion he could. But profits just got lower an...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2007-12-25
It's easy to assume that what you see is what you get. But what you see may be just the tip of the iceberg (less than five percent of the ice present). It takes an energetic person to dive into that...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2007-12-25
What's a leader for? Above all else, leaders help set an organization in the right pathway and direction to gain advantages versus competitors in serving customers. Consider the significance of Bill...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2008-01-02
To exceed a moving target of top performance, you have to aim past where the target will be . . . not where the target is now. To accomplish 20 times more, you'll need to outdo others in the future. S...
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by Robert - 2008-06-02
So often when you are suffering from an illness, it can be extremely difficult to find the information that you need. And when time is of the essence, difficulty finding information about your illness...
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by Donald Mitchell - 2008-06-08
Returning to the office after the 400 Year Project launch meeting in September 1995 to help the whole world make 400 years worth of progress between 2015 and 2035, my instincts as an historian kicked ...