Author: Mister Mac

Naval Chief Warrant Officer (retired), Submariner, Lean and Six Sigma Consultant, Master Trainer, Master Story Teller, Writer

Observations on Japanese character, with special reference to Japan’s ambition and her relation in this connection with the United States. A confidential report from Admiral Greaves (1920)

I debated trying to shorten this post up a bit then decided that the story had so much significance, cutting pieces out would be difficult and would not be fair to the purpose I intended. I have been featuring some articles recently about Japan and its navy. One of the characters that came into view […]

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A Japanese Submarine operating in the Indian Ocean – From The archives

This black and white video comes from the National Archives. It shows life on board a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean. Some interesting features include firing their deck gun, riding on the surface at night, sleeping arrangements (yes, they slept next to their torpedoes), off watch activities like playing cards and other games, preparing […]

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“Information from other sources sheds rather a different light on the matter.” Underestimating any enemy can be dangerous

“Information from other sources sheds rather a different light on the matter.” Underestimating any enemy can be dangerous. Recently, I was browsing through the national archives and found some declassified documents dating back to the 1920’s about submarine development abroad. During that time frame, there was a great desire on all parts of the world […]

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From the Archives: Anatomy of a Life Changing Seminar (or how the corporate world found ways to spend down their profits)

In 2014, I was still deep in my second career as a Continuous Improvement Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma Training and Development Change Management Leader. That career had started in the late 1990’s and I kept adding tools (and titles) to my toolbox in order to help the various companies I worked for to eliminate waste […]

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