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Can Manufacturing Jobs Come Back? What We Should Learn From Apple and Foxconn

David Paul | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Walmart, W. Edwards Deming, Japan, Manufacturing Jobs, Ipad, Iphone, National Science Foundation, Outsourcing, Amazon.com, Ross Perot, Denis Kucinich, Joseph Stiglitz, Steve Jobs Apple, Insourcing American Jobs, Great Recession, Foxconn, China Economy, Great Depression, Deng Xiaoping, Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Commercial, Business News
David Paul

If Americans care about where their products are made, companies will care. Therefore, even as the president promoted tax credits for insourcing -- the new word for bringing those jobs back -- perhaps another step would be to build on the power of choice.

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The Revolution...Sorry, Transformation Starts Now!

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Innovation, Scarcity, Energy Innovation, Progressives, Innovation, Unionbusting, Progressive Movement, W. Edwards Deming, Progress, Wisconsin, Egypt Revolution, Revolution, Buckminster Fuller, Scott Walker, Transformation, Abundance, Unions, Thomas Malthus, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

I predict the naked power grab by the Republican party in Wisconsin will go down in history as the second "shot heard 'round the world" which began the second American Revolution. Except it won't be a revolution. It will be a transformation.

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The Appointment of Cathleen Black and the Trouble with Corporate Schooling

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Corporate Education, David Steiner, Cathleen Black, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Pay for Performance, David Whitman, Charter Schools, Charles Payne, Fordham Institute, High-Stakes Testing, John Dewey, Lisa Delpit, W. Edwards Deming, Education News
Gary Anderson

The corporate community and most venture philanthropists, persist in thinking schools should be run like businesses. This time around though, instead of the factory model school, they have bequeathed us the latest business fads.

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Educating a Nation: A Job for Real Superheroes (VIDEO)

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Living, Sustainable Design, Education, Waiting for Superman, Sociology, Civics, Sustainability, Ford Motor Company, Education Reform, W. Edwards Deming, Ford, Education News
Steven G. Brant

America needs more Superheroes, because it's going to take a lot of us to keep America from completely going over to the "Darkseid".

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Reinventing Repower America: Our Only Hope for Winning the Climate Change Battle in America

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fear, Global Prosperity, Strategy, Repower America, Hope, Al Gore Climate Change, Peter Drucker, William McDonough, W. Edwards Deming, Climate Change Legislation, Politics of Fear, Reinventing the Government, Amory Lovins, Buckminster Fuller, Climate Change, Al Gore, Southern Strategy, Russell-Ackoff, Green News
Steven G. Brant

If Repower America transforms into a future-based movement, we will be tapping into that core American belief in doing whatever it takes for however long it takes to build a more hopeful future for ourselves and our children.

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Toyota Brings Perfection To Corporate Meltdown

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Meltdown, Toyota Recall, W. Edwards Deming, Engineering, Corporate Apology, Business News
Gerald Sindell

The man who endowed the Japanese with a passion for quality after the Second World War might appreciate the level of perfection his protégé Toyota now brings to the fine art of corporate self-destruction.

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Toyota - Why It's all Happening Now

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Osaka, Andy Borowitz, Akio Toyoda, The Samurai, Mercedes-Benz, Torrance California, American Honda, Toyota Recall, W. Edwards Deming, Unintended Acceleration, Kiichiro Toyoda, Tokyo, General Motors, Drive-by-Wire, Daihatsu, Japan, Huffington Post, Kabuki, Brake-by-Wire, Business News
Steve Parker

Toyota pioneered the "Q circle" system, which involved workers at all levels tackling problems in small groups. The "Toyota Way" became almost a religion within the car business.

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The United Corporate States Of America

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Business for Social Responsibility, UN Global Compact, Keith Olbermann Special Comment, Corporate Responsibility, Lobbying, Trinity Church, Corporate America, Davos, Financial TImes, Corporate Power, Corporate Social Responsibility, Keith Olbermann, W. Edwards Deming, Corporate Greed, Citizens United, Business News
Steven G. Brant

We have been handed the basic tools for replacing the old values that make corporations "evil" with the new values that will make corporations "good". The Citizens United ruling need not be so bad.

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The Brilliance (and Stupidity) of The Age of Stupid

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Innovation, Collaboration, The Age of Stupid, Innovation, Kofi Annan, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Covey, W. Edwards Deming, Peace, Solar Energy, Moby, Buckminster Fuller, Transformation, Solar Energy Projects, Global Financial Crisis, Workplace Collaboration, Global Warming, Sustainability, Entertainment News
Steven G. Brant

The film is essentially the same rant against stupid behavior we've heard for years, dressed up in an elaborate, well-intended package.

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Pontiac Silver Streak Woodie Wagon, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Class Warfare, Hemi Hybrids, Cars, Infrastructure Repair, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hybrid Cars, Daihatsu Naked, Ipod, Subway, Ucla, Detroit Three, Chicago Cubs, Detroit CEOs, W. Edwards Deming, Detroit Automakers, Green Infrastructure, Bullet Trains, US Capitol, Monorail, Jeep, Japan, Mitsubishi Mirage, Light Rail, Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, President Obama, Ford, Las Vegas Hilton, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Bob Lutz, Southern California, Credit Markets Tight, Japanese Cars, Robert Nardelli, Electric Cars, Washington, Detroit, Congressional Oversight, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit Bailout, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Gas Electric Hybrids, Daihatsu Charade, Uaw, Gm, Alan Mulally, Electric Car Infrastructure, National Infrastructure, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Mitsubishi Precis, Wall Street, US Marines, Hitachi, Lourdes, Narita, Business News
Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boeing, Chevy Volt, Saturn, Chrysler, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ucla, Gary Shapiro, Rick Wagoner, Epa, W. Edwards Deming, Ford, Cars, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Ces, Robert Nardelli, William Clay Ford, Nhtsa, Japan, Plug-in Hybrids, SUV Sales, Business News
Steve Parker

Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.

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