Bill WoodringJul 25, 20192 min readNever take essential skills for grantedI hired some movers this week. We needed to dispose of some older pieces of furniture that were being swapped out with some newer pieces....
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20193 min readAdam Smith and the Customer ExperienceThe oft heard joke among employees is “this job would be great if it weren’t for all these customers”. Hopefully this is no more than a...
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20194 min readShort-Termism Is Harming the EconomyThe following Article appeared in the Wall Street Journal this morning and it is about time. I touched on this subject in an article I...
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20192 min readMasayoshi Son vs. Warren BuffetAccording a recent article in CNN Money Softbank’s billionaire chairman Masayoshi Son has said he wants to be the Warren Buffett of tech....
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20193 min readArtificial Intelligence, jobs and the quarterly earnings panicAs I was reading a series of articles about artificial intelligence (AI) I was struck by the zeal, of the technology acolytes of Silicon...
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20193 min readThe Goldilocks Solution: Why Cargo Insurance is "Just right"In an article posted by Material Handling & Logistics: “10 tips for reducing supply chain logistics costs”; Bernie Hart August 9, 2005....
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20193 min readCognitive Bias in the Sales CycleObjections are often taken personally by a sales person, but that need not be the case. When you look dispassionately at a prospect’s...
Bill WoodringJul 19, 20193 min readAre we too concerned about public debt and a balanced budget?The clarion call among many of our country’s deficit hawks (specifically those who believe we need to amend the constitution to force the...
Bill WoodringJul 17, 20194 min readWhat the Gambler’s Fallacy Can Teach Us About RiskDon't ignore Murphy's Law when making business decisions. Have you ever heard of the gambler’s fallacy? In essence, it’s a cognitive bias...
Bill WoodringJul 17, 20194 min readEconomic Growth: It’s a simple formula, not magicIt’s a simple formula: labor force growth rate plus productivity growth rate equals potential economic growth rate. Now let’s do some...
Bill WoodringJul 17, 20192 min readWhy are we burning down so many libraries? I was listening to a story on Bloomberg News a few weeks ago about Boeing engineers who had been asked to retire as a cost cutting...
