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Only the Paranoid Survive II
by Ulises Pabon After a ten-month hiatus, four recent articles in the Wall Street Journal prompted me to sit down and write. The first...
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Oct 4, 20248 min read
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Management, The Art
by Ulises Pabon The purpose of science is to create knowledge. The word "science" has its etymological roots in Latin and Old French. It...
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Jul 24, 20234 min read
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Virtual Work Has A Bandwidth Problem, But It's Not What You Think.
by Ulises Pabon We’ve all had our share of virtual meetings over low-bandwidth internet connections causing video freezing, voice...
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May 30, 20229 min read
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Uncertainty and the Status Quo
by Ulises Pabon photo by Katie Moum www.katiemoum.com || www.finaldraftstudios.com “Given today’s uncertainty, it makes no sense to look...
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Apr 7, 20223 min read
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Seeing Organizations Through a Different Lens
by Ulises Pabón photo by Erol Ahmed [ https://unsplash.com/@erol / https://erol.is/ ] No one is indispensable. I hear this frequently...
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Dec 31, 20213 min read
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Managerial Courage and the Dark Side of the Force
by Ulises Pabon I was recently talking with a CEO about his executive team. He used the term “managerial courage” to describe one of his...
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Aug 15, 20214 min read
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Walking Down Memory Lane to See the Future
By Ulises Pabón This is the book that ignited my interest in electronics. I can't remember how old I was when I first laid my hands on...
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May 21, 20213 min read
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Mr. Manager, Tear Down This Suggestion Box!
by Ulises Pabon photo by Allesandro Bellone Ideas are like babies. They are extremely vulnerable at birth. Our brain doesn't spit out...
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May 17, 20213 min read
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Change, Opportunity, and Innovation
by Ulises Pabon COVID has had a devastating impact on human life and has made a significant dent in many businesses. We are starting to...
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May 2, 20213 min read
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Disruption in the Making
by Ulises Pabon I remember, not too long ago, seeing a graph that showed the decline in sales of film cameras together with the increase...
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Dec 22, 20204 min read
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4th Generation Manufacturing
by Ulises Pabon I met Professor Steven Wheelright, co-author of Dynamic Manufacturing, while I worked at Intel, back in the ’90s. He was...
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Nov 6, 20203 min read
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Fast-Forward to the Future
by Ulises Pabon One of the pernicious side effects of COVID-19 is that it has us stuck in the present. You can’t create the future if...
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Jul 5, 20201 min read
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Bouncing Forward
by Ulises Pabón Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash In physics, resiliency is the term used to describe the ability of a substance or an...
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Jun 13, 20203 min read
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Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and COVID-19
by Ulises Pabon In 2016, Vijay Govindarajan (known as VG) published a framework for innovation in his book The 3 Box Solution inspired on...
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May 24, 20204 min read
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True Reinvention
by Ulises Pabon The easiest way to render a concept useless is to turn it into jargon. It ceases to mean anything. Without meaning, the...
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May 20, 20203 min read
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Is Sustainability On Your Agenda?
by Ulises Pabon For years, business owners and managers viewed delivering high quality products and service as a costly proposition. In...
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Dec 8, 20194 min read
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Managing Human Error
by Ramon Rivera In organizations, errors have double implications. On the one hand, there is no doubt that errors can contribute to grave...
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Nov 12, 20195 min read
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Best Practices in Mergers and Acquisitions
by Ramon Rivera Mergers and acquisitions are today a common practice as companies try to improve their competitive position in a global...
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Jul 16, 20194 min read
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
by Ulises Pabon Way back, before the internet days, my brother decided to take a locksmith course through mail. He received all the...
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Apr 16, 20193 min read
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