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You've no doubt heard the expressions, usually with negative connotations, that there are "too many cooks in the kitchen" or "too many chiefs and not enough indians." The idea is that, sometimes, egalitarianism only leads to time wasted because while everyone has an opinion, not...

If your boss said the words “ Six Sigma ” in the course of a conversation, would you run screaming in the other direction? Does Six Sigma conjure up images from the movie “Office Space” complete with business buzzwords like “process improvement” and “outside...

We’re under construction – literally! Part of our headquarters building here at Trade Press Publishing is finally getting a bit of a makeover. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we have at least six weeks of pounding nails, sawing saws and contractors’ “gentle banter”...

I don’t know about you, but whenever I find an article about our industry in the mainstream media, the emotions are a bit mixed. This article about green workplaces that appeared in the June 18 issue of Time is a perfect example. The article is a fairly good primer about various ways office buildings...