http://www.piworld.com Copyright 2012 North American Publishing Company en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/VPOg6bQpYRo/the-butterfly-effect-distracts-entrepreneurial-print-shop-owners-philip-beyer According to Wikipedia, in chaos theory the term butterfly effect refers to the idea “that a butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even... ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 14:22:08 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/the-butterfly-effect-distracts-entrepreneurial-print-shop-owners-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/zJ1QX5nkhdE/systemizing-warm-fuzzies-print-buyers-about-your-printing-firm-philip-beyer I’ve gotten some great blog material from Webinars I’ve done with business owners all over the country lately! Last week, as a three-hour Webinar was in progress, I told “Walter”—a very attentive... ]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 12:09:17 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/systemizing-warm-fuzzies-print-buyers-about-your-printing-firm-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/BfK_XBkT4Eg/drive-by-shootings-why-managers-should-always-keep-pad-pen-hand-philip-beyer “Drive-by Shooting? Excuse me?” I said to Joe, the owner of a printing company with whom I was doing a Webinar demonstration of our software.   Joe and I were going over one system I recommended that he was sure would make life... ]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 15:06:27 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/drive-by-shootings-why-managers-should-always-keep-pad-pen-hand-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/ZGhkJizpP-E/wanted-for-immediate-hire-if-you-have-guts-print-shop-owner-philip-beyer No experience necessary, no references needed, and no particular education requirements. No application or resume to submit. Guaranteed: all the overtime you want. Set your own hours and vacation times. Company car provided, along with your own... ]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:38:27 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/wanted-for-immediate-hire-if-you-have-guts-print-shop-owner-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/zrG0_pN59xU/cloning-yourself-via-systems-ensure-quality-your-printing-company-philip-beyer Now and then, as I sit down to write my weekly blog, I’m overcome by writer’s block. With all that’s going on in my life just now, the old brain went into neutral again this past week—until I was copied on a note one of my... ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:15:21 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/cloning-yourself-via-systems-ensure-quality-your-printing-company-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/tcRAnjUX0hw/printer-ratio-reports-just-another-pesky-system-definitely-not-philip-beyer For the past few days, I have been working with my son Paul on our annual Ratio Reports/Studies for the printing industry. It’s a very tedious process, to say the least. However, I believe it’s a very important exercise for print... ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:23:42 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/printer-ratio-reports-just-another-pesky-system-definitely-not-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/9i4OAPe_kLs/high-percentage-new-employees-printing-companies-have-low-morale-philip-beyer My wife and I save gas these days by riding in the same car to work most of the time—besides, we actually like each other, and enjoy the time to discuss the day ahead, various issues in our country and world, and (believe it or not) SYSTEMS.... ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:20:46 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/high-percentage-new-employees-printing-companies-have-low-morale-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/yfvuncMdYlY/systems-really-rock-saved-my-band-can-do-same-printer-philip-beyer People I meet in my travels as a systems guy are generally shocked to learn I was once an arguably well-known rock ’n’ roll singer, at least regionally. It’s true! Before hanging up my microphone and doing a re-entry into... ]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:02:43 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/systems-really-rock-saved-my-band-can-do-same-printer-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/Kamj6VWjT7o/when-business-systems-walk-out-door-your-printing-company-philip-beyer My wife Susan and I had lunch last week with a couple from our church—I’ll call them Gary and Michelle. While waiting for our Panera Bread sandwiches, Michelle shared with us that she had just been laid off from her job. For the past... ]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:16:26 EDT http://www.piworld.com/blog/when-business-systems-walk-out-door-your-printing-company-philip-beyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/piworld/blog/systemic-success/~3/BzzZhStYUEQ/fundamentals-game-successfully-manage-commercial-printer-philip-beyer It’s Sunday and I have wracked my brain to think of a wise and wondrous thing to share on my blog this week. It was one of those weeks that was extremely gratifying for me, yet at the same time has given me a heavy heart. Not meaning to be... ]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:27:02 EST http://www.piworld.com/blog/fundamentals-game-successfully-manage-commercial-printer-philip-beyer