Those of you who follow this newsletter must think Bloom has lost it. He uses slang in a title and pulls some obscure name out of a hat. Someone who you have never heard about, but bear with me there is a method to my madness.  

John Patterson was a businessman from the Midwest that found a small manufacturing company in Dayton, OH that he could purchase at a good price. Almost immediately Patterson was confronted with employee complaints, safety issues and resignations of human…

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. (Albert Einstein) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - The significant problems of our time wont be solved at the same level of thinking that created them. (Albert Einstein) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. (Winston Churchill) #TLSContinuum

Dictionary.com tells us that a rebel is " a person who resists any authority. control, or tradition." IN tat sense I guess I am a rebel. Let me explain further.

Back in 2008, when I was seeking a full time HR position, I had a recruiter tell me that I was a recruiter's worst nightmare. I had such a varied background he did not know what to do with me. He was seeing the marketplace as he was. He, as many talent acquisition specialists do even today…

A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot. (Joe Vitale) #TLSContinuum

A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot. (Joe Vitale) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - If you expect miracles in your life, then release any attachment to the outcome. (Joe Vitale) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - Human Capital assets are non-owned leased corporate assets; treat them based on their importance to your organization/ (Russ Moen, Express Employment Professionals)#TLSContinuum

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go, guard it well because it is your life. (Richard Feynman)#TLSContinuum

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TLS Continuum Daily Tip - Did you know that it is actually possible for you to say "I don't know enough about this to have an opinion? (Richard Feynman) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - Don't just teach your employees how to be successful, teach them how to respond when they are not successful. Teach them how to handle failure and learn from their mistakes. (Richard Feynman) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - When your education limits your imagination its called indoctrination (Richard Feynman) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - We must be careful not to believe things simply because we want them to be true. (Richard Feynman) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - Direction is much more important then speed (Richard Feynman) #TLSContinuum

TLS Continuum Daily Tip - Those who can’t think for themselves are truly lost. (Richard Feynman) #TLSContinuum

Note: This newsletter is usually posted on Thursday morning. However due to the approaching Tropical Storm/Hurricane Idalia we are posting it several days early.

 I recently had a lengthy conversation with a colleague, Jeff Summers (formerly of Motorola University) in which we were discussing a drawback to the current prevalent thoughts in the continuous process improvement efforts. We agreed that we are excelling in the view of the backdrop to the…