tipping your movement

Which are you? Connector? Maven? Salesman? Malcolm Gladwell is a rare individual, applying common sense and logic where few have bothered to explore. His book, The Tipping Point, is a great business text. However, it was a little more than I could bring myself to read. So I asked a good friend, Ed McCullough to do so, and his review has become quite popular. Especially those familiar with Goldratt's TOC. Of course, his latest book, "Blink" is popular too. Since I had to shelf my magazine, TOCreview, some of the great pieces from it have been hard to locate. So, here is a new link to the review: www.ApplyingCommonSense.com/tipping.pdf Why did this article come to mind, at this point in time? I recently quoted Gladwell's article for The New Yorker, "The Talent Myth." Which should be required reading in every B School in the world... of course, it may already be required, for all I know! And this article caused me to search for my copy of Ed's review... Check "The New Yorker" archive for July 22, 2002 for the article. Of course Friday's post about throughput brought it to mind as well.

-ski

creating throughput

Association is key. We all tell our kids, "be careful who you associate with!" Surfing tonight led me to Fox News, and some great video of Steve Forbes and a panel discussing the housing situation. Boom or Bust? Neither: maybe not boom Which led me to consider some of my successes, hence the photo of the Sony handheld digital recorder. When I created TOCreview magazine, the tipping point was being able to capture my enthusiasm and brainstorming session as I drove back from hearing Eli Goldratt in 'Naptown to Hilton Head Island. What tips you to action? -ski

daytona beach bike week

time is running out if you would like to order YOUR uniquely yours, Red Horse motorcycle for Daytona Beach Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida. held March 3rd - 12th 2006. call in the next few days, no later than December 10th to get your bike order in progress. www.TurismoCycles.com -ski