by Paul Raggio | Jul 22, 2024 | Business News
Determination During my time in the army, I collaborated with a fellow instructor, Major Stanley Newall, while we were both serving in the countering terrorism department at the U.S. Army Military Police School. Stan was a former prisoner of war who the Viet Cong had...
by Paul Raggio | Jun 26, 2024 | Business News
Virtue Over Vulgarity I don’t often listen to college commencement speeches. However, the one Ken Burns gave at Brandeis University for their 2024 graduation caught my attention. Burns, the filmmaker known for his documentaries and television history series, gave the...
by Paul Raggio | May 31, 2024 | Business News
Six Sides of the Cube! My father was an actual space pioneer who led the design section at Jet Propulsion Laboratory for almost four decades. He was not only accomplished but also wise. He taught me an important lesson about perspective, reminding my siblings and me...
by Paul Raggio | Apr 24, 2024 | Business News
Create Operational Velocity! A few years ago, I introduced a concept to my clients to help them understand the reasons behind their underperformance, which I called the capability gap. In essence, the capability gap is a situation where a company’s performance is not...
by Paul Raggio | Mar 27, 2024 | Business News
Become the Maestro The true value of a CEO of any size organization is their ability to think and translate their thoughts into organizational action – think strategically, long and deep and wide and spatially! I imagine them like a maestro, a conductor, of the Los...