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How to Protect Your Business from Natural Disasters (7 Cost-Effective Steps)
The recent earthquake in Napa, California, injured 200 and really struck a blow to Northern California’s economy. From buckled streets and shattered store windows to premium cabernets flowing down the...
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Why Simulation Software Is Your Key to Controlling Costs and Protecting Profits
Simulation software creates an environment built to work out every possible scenario and outcome, all based on user inputs. This space is a safe learning environment where you can picture a...
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I often marvel at the detailed analysis, intelligence collection, and in-depth discussion that’s presented during a single NFL broadcast. It makes me wonder if the same rigor is applied in a typical...
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How Can Your Business Benefit from Time Travel Using Simulations?
Recently, a few of my colleagues were attempting to answer a question for a client regarding simulations: “What is the value of a three-dimensional environment in visualizing data?” This question...
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5 Keys to Successful Plan Development
I have been writing plans and supervising plan development for nearly 30 years. In that period of time, I have seen every type of plan, from basic sketches to multiple-volume books. But what is a plan,...
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As news of the first reported Ebola case in the United States is still hot off the press, many are holding their breath, waiting to see what happens next. Disease is a scary reality in modern...
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Ebola and the Perfect Storm (6 Strategies to Fight Its Spread)
One of my friends recently posted something pretty funny on Facebook. It was a picture of Dr. Edward Goodman, Epidemiologist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, giving a press briefing....
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2 Ways Your Business Is Exposed to Risk (and What You Can Do about Each)
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How Can Leaders Solve Big Problems? By Letting Go of 3 Myths about the Past
From the factory worker to the highest executive, the consequences of error are well known, and the range of these aftereffects can be considerable. A minor imperfection on the production line might...
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How to Solve Problems with Ishikawa Diagramming
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Martin Luther King and Systems Thinking
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects us all indirectly.” –Martin Luther King Jr. The Reverend Martin Luther...
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The Power of Computer-aided Simulations
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Playing at Work—the Secret to Successful Collaboration (#1 in a Series)
Play is a seemingly trivial activity normally reserved for children, but when kids are engaged in play there’s more going on than you might think—this includes learning benefits that can translate to...
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