I write frequently about leading. I love seeing leadership in action. Not everyone on our team has a formal leadership position with the company. So, it would be easy to check out on these notes about leadership. You could easily think “that’s not for me.” Rest assured that I intend that notes on leadership are […]

I was listening to a discussion about “evidence-based policy.” The idea is that many strategies and policies are created from theories and feelings. Frequently, those aren’t fortified by fact and experience. They end up being wrong. According to Richard Thaler, a University of Chicago economist, it takes three things to create evidence-based policy: Modesty. A […]

I heard an interesting tidbit. Someone born in America today is less likely to graduate from high school than their parents. Wow! What a change! Two and three generations ago, it was completely different. Populated by European immigrants, the United States was filled with parents who made it a priority to see to it that […]

I was in Shipshewana at our mill yesterday. They had a celebration about their fantastic year. The team in Shipshewana set records in timber and logs purchased, the amount of timber logged by our crews, and the amount of lumber cut, assembled into pallets and shipped. They also put two-thirds of their pallets through a […]