How could I miss this excellent article back in July this year?  A must read for those who suffer from all those CMMI/6-Sigma nonsense...

...58 large companies that have announced Six Sigma programs, 91 percent have trailed the S&P 500 since...

The whole series:
Tearing up the Jack Welch playbook

Comprehension and Retention (a survey request)

Ok, not about the survey, but about the sample article for the survey.  The story is absurd but real.  How real?  So real - I face this everyday to make a living...

As prompted by this Ever worked with a diabolical boss? - San Francisco Chronicle [Googling Dilbert], I am dying to see this movie in local theatre... 

I must be damned...  If I am that all-round, why am I still struggling for my retirement fund now?  I must have done something terribly wrong in my previous life to deserve such a disastrous this.life...

Oh my shit...  When did I become humanistic?  I must be drunk when taking this quiz...