Santa Fe Every year about this time the supervisory level staff of the whole ACORN family of organizations meets in a mid-year management meeting (MYM) to evaluate progress over the first six months of the year, think about where we are going, and retool for the final six months of the year. A highlight of …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Tragedy in Yogyakarta
New Orleans The headlines are stark. There is an earthquake near the Indonesian coast on the large island of Java near the town of Yogyakarta. This all sounds exotic and remote. The newspapers describe the city as popular with tourists in Indonesia. It is an old kingdom with some royalty still intact. Close to 5000 …
When in Rome?
New Orleans In the global economy it would be a mistake to believe that there is an operating truce between companies and their unions. Unless there is constant push and pull, everything seems to fall to the lowest common denominator which usually means the least cost or the most that one can get away with …