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Oct 4, 20248 min read
Only the Paranoid Survive II
by Ulises Pabon After a ten-month hiatus, four recent articles in the Wall Street Journal prompted me to sit down and write. The first...
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QBS Team
Nov 17, 20232 min read
La Próxima Vuelta
por Ulises Pabón En el 1991, durante mi segundo viaje a Singapur, me topé con el libro “Singapore - The Next Lap”. El libro, publicado...
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QBS Team
Jul 24, 20234 min read
Management, The Art
by Ulises Pabon The purpose of science is to create knowledge. The word "science" has its etymological roots in Latin and Old French. It...
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QBS Team
Feb 16, 20235 min read
Oel Ngati Kameie
by Ulises Pabon Image Source: Avatar: The Way of Water | Avatar.com Oel Ngati Kameie. A simple assertion. It caught my attention when I...
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QBS Team
Nov 19, 20225 min read
The To-Do List: We've Got It All Wrong!
by Ulises Pabon Take a look at your to-do list. If it looks anything like mine, it's probably packed with: Complete report on … Call...
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QBS Team
May 30, 20229 min read
Virtual Work Has A Bandwidth Problem, But It's Not What You Think.
by Ulises Pabon We’ve all had our share of virtual meetings over low-bandwidth internet connections causing video freezing, voice...
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QBS Team
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Uncertainty and the Status Quo
by Ulises Pabon photo by Katie Moum www.katiemoum.com || www.finaldraftstudios.com “Given today’s uncertainty, it makes no sense to look...
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QBS Team
Dec 31, 20213 min read
Seeing Organizations Through a Different Lens
by Ulises Pabón photo by Erol Ahmed [ https://unsplash.com/@erol / https://erol.is/ ] No one is indispensable. I hear this frequently...
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QBS Team
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Call for Papers!
by Ulises Pabón What do you really enjoy doing? What job would you craft if you had a choice? What strengths would you tap on and what...
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QBS Team
Aug 15, 20214 min read
Managerial Courage and the Dark Side of the Force
by Ulises Pabon I was recently talking with a CEO about his executive team. He used the term “managerial courage” to describe one of his...
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QBS Team
Jun 16, 20211 min read
Iterative Planning Webinar
by Ulises Pabon If uncertainty about the future has hijacked your long-term planning process, you are not alone. The temptation to focus...
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QBS Team
May 21, 20213 min read
Walking Down Memory Lane to See the Future
By Ulises Pabón This is the book that ignited my interest in electronics. I can't remember how old I was when I first laid my hands on...
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QBS Team
May 17, 20213 min read
Mr. Manager, Tear Down This Suggestion Box!
by Ulises Pabon photo by Allesandro Bellone Ideas are like babies. They are extremely vulnerable at birth. Our brain doesn't spit out...
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QBS Team
May 2, 20213 min read
Change, Opportunity, and Innovation
by Ulises Pabon COVID has had a devastating impact on human life and has made a significant dent in many businesses. We are starting to...
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QBS Team
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Cultura de Cero Pérdidas para la Optimización de la Operación
por Iván Sánchez A veces subestimamos la capacidad para optimizar las operaciones. El concepto de evaluar todo lo que no agregue valor...
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QBS Team
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire
by Ulises Pabon I do not have the stomach to post the pictures here, but if you search for “Jim Jones November 18” and click on “images”...
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QBS Team
Dec 22, 20204 min read
Disruption in the Making
by Ulises Pabon I remember, not too long ago, seeing a graph that showed the decline in sales of film cameras together with the increase...
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QBS Team
Nov 6, 20203 min read
4th Generation Manufacturing
by Ulises Pabon I met Professor Steven Wheelright, co-author of Dynamic Manufacturing, while I worked at Intel, back in the ’90s. He was...
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QBS Team
Jul 30, 20201 min read
Programa de Certificación en TRIZ
Una descripción del contenido del curso en 5 minutos Este es el video original que se usó para el programa que se llevó a cabo en abril...
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QBS Team
Jul 5, 20201 min read
Fast-Forward to the Future
by Ulises Pabon One of the pernicious side effects of COVID-19 is that it has us stuck in the present. You can’t create the future if...
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