3800 of the best and brightest

Yesterday was Pennsylvania’s annual FBLA conference. The three training sessions were great! The young people who attended were very engaged and challenged me on some very good points. The subject was leadership but covered three areas that I feel from my education and experience are important to developing yourself and others. Those three things are […]

One of the greatest men I ever knew… Uncle Jack

I am a traditionalist and still believe in the idea that you respect your elders. The elders I am referring to came from a different time (in my case most were of the World War 2 generation). Jack Stuart Patrick was no exception. Like all men, he had parts of his life that he lived […]

Where have you been?

I have to admit it’s been a few days since my last post and considering the nature of that post, some of my readers may have wondered if I had been selected for early admission to the nearest FEMA camp. No such luck (at least not yet). We have been spending a lot of time working […]

Thanks

For all of you who stop in on a regular basis, I owe you a debt of gratitude. Sometime today theleansubmariner site went over 25,000 views. I know that it’s not as large as a website about air soft weapons (thanks Guido) but I am pretty happy with the traffic to date. I am in classes for the […]

So you want to be a Submariner? (circa 1943)

Every American Bluejacket from the early 1900’s to today receives a copy of the Bluejacket’s Manual. The books were written to help supplement the knowledge of men who were being brought into the Navy. Many times, they lacked even a high school education although over the last century that has been less and less. Newer […]

A new day

Today was a special day. My business web site went live today! I will still continue to add stories and commentary to the Lean Submariner but the website bobmacpherson-speaker.info is my way to satisfy my passion for business process improvement, training services, and speaking. Check it out if you get the chance. In the next […]

What a tragic loss

Today’s news is full of sad stories about the tragic loss of one of America’s singing icons. We will all be bombarded with facts about her accomplishments, her troubled life, her many fans who will be weeping, and on and on. Some people woke up this morning wondering where they could send flowers and teddy […]

A victory… even if it’s only partial

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html McPherson Square is finally being reclaimed by the Park Service. I will only be completely happy when I see the entire square scrubbed of these vermin. http://wtop.com/?nid=109&sid=2734685 But in my mind, it is still only a partial victory since the powers that be have not taken the appropriate stand. From Reuters: “”This is not […]

What if you did this?

I am going to assume that most people who read this blog are fairly normal citizens. We pay our taxes, we abide by most of the laws (okay who else has ever exceeded the posted speed?), and we like living in a place where we have security and freedom. What if you decided […]

Pardon me, can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?

Altogether now: Practice, practice, practice Getting from one place to another has always been a core competency of human kind. Man has made an evolutionary journey since the earliest recorded times on how to accomplish the journey more efficiently. Stars were pretty useful once the early navigators figured out that they moved around. Understanding […]