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Chiller and VerdanaMaster/Excellence.
Always./part THREE (of 7)up, up, up, up
the value added ladder (solutions-experiences-
dreams-lovemarks)1414 January 2008
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EXCELLENCE.SYSTEMS. DESIGN. K.I.S.S.BEAUTY.
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450/8
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I wanted GE to operate with the speed,
informality, and open communication of a corner
store. Corner stores often have strategy right.
With their limited resources, they have to rely
on laser-like focus on doing one thing very
well. Jack Welch/Fortune/04.05
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Grunge Removal 101Ellie Mae
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Great design One-page business plan (Jim
Horan)
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Lisbon/New BizWeeks to
Minutes (!!!!)
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Lees Rule Run It off a Blackberry!
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First Steps Beauty Contest!

• 1. Select one form/document invoice, airbill,
  sick leave policy, customer returns claim form.
• Rate the selected doc on a scale of 1 to 10 1
  Bureaucratica Obscuranta/Sucks 10 Work of Art
  on four dimensions Beauty. Grace.
• Clarity. Simplicity.
• 3. Re-invent!
• Repeat, with a new selection,
• every 15 working days.

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Exercise Take a complex financial analysis you
are presentingand convert it into a number-less
story.Shells (et al.) scenario planning
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One bank is currently claiming to leverage
its global footprint to provide effective
financial solutions for its customers by
providing a gateway to diverse markets. Charle
s Handy
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I assume that it is just saying that it is there
to help its customers wherever they are.
Charles Handy
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Seek honest, minimalist management. Look for
companies run by a team that explains things
clearly and briefly. You can tell a lot about
the firm by reading an annual report or two. If
management cant explain the business in plain
English, move on to another firm. If you see
phrases like creating knowledge-based value in
emerging markets someone is trying to pull the
wool over your eyes, you lazy Fool. Run. Seth
Jayson, Stocks for the Lazy Investor, The
Motley Fool
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WasDeposits may be made by a minor and
withdrawals thereof may be made by a minor
without the consent of a parent or guardian,
neither of whom, in that capacity, shall have any
right to attach or interfere in any manner with
such deposits or withdrawals.
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IsMinors may make deposits and withdrawals
from their accounts without the consent or
interference of a parent or guardian.
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With ISO 9000 you can still have terrible
processes and products. You can certify a
manufacturer that makes life jackets from
concrete, as long as those jackets are made
according to the documented procedures and the
company provides next of kin with instructions on
how to complain about defects. Thats absurd.
Richard Buetow, former Director of Corporate
Quality for Business Systems, Motorola
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Master the intricacies of the system Tom DeLay
(Al Smith, LBJ)
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K.I.S.S.450/8/BStone200/3/LBossidy3/REnrico3/
RHaass1p/JHoranMonths-minutes/LisbonBlackberry/
ScottRepeat/GerstnerBillboards/CreechPlain
English/Handy
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The art of war does not require complicated
maneuvers the simplest are the best, and common
sense is fundamental. From which one might wonder
how it is generals make blunders it is because
they try to be clever. Napoleon on Simplicity,
from Napoleon on Project Management by Jerry
Manas.