They say that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. They need to add management fads to the list. Like other management trends (i.e., fads) before it—like reengineering, knowledge ...

The latest in an intermittent series looking back at groundbreaking, newsmaking, appalling and amusing events in government history. Government lives by its acronyms. From the simple names of agencies ...

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According to them, each of the programs touted as the next great business solution has fallen short of its promises. Yet each has something valuable to offer, hence the term they coined, 'fusion ...

Sales Machine's most popular post is "The 8 Stupidest Management Fads of All Time" where I debunked Six Sigma, Matrix Management, MBO, etc. However, while many people enjoyed that post, many readers ...

Managing a nonprofit is hard, and it is about to get harder. But rather than figuring out what’s wrong with old ways, too many nonprofit leaders and consultants who advise them instinctively look for ...

This month, Ken and I wrote an article for another publication on a management strategy known as “Lean.” It’s a strategy that’s being adopted by state and local governments around the country that ...

Even the best tech strategy can't survive foolish management. Here's one management fad that's simply not smart Leading next-generation IT is about more than choosing the best technologies and ...

Paul Epstein calls it “the asphalt paradox.” It occurred to him while working in New York City government doing process improvement in the early 1970s. The city was trying to capture and describe cost ...

I have spent nearly 25 years chairing academic departments at three universities. Department chairmen attend many meetings where the future is unveiled, priorities are articulated, and innovations are ...

Diet crazes are as old as the hills. Beverly Hills, that is. In case you missed it, author Judy Mazel wrote The Beverly Hills Diet back in 1981. Her theory was that weight gain came from undigested ...