Try not to sit next to drummers on airplanes. Seat 8A from DTW to GRR was occupied by a drummer from an undoubtedly promising local band whose rocking bass and liberal use of the hi-hats shook our entire row as if we were flying on some new prototype developed by Airbus and International Harvester.
In other news.... I'm in West MI on business. I'm here for sourcing, but three guys I know from home are here for operations and we just rolled back in from dinner at Mongolian and a trip to a local watering hole. That's what travel is supposed to be like: work hard, socialize, sleep. I think I made some headway but my metrics for purchasing progress are sorely lacking; if I had it do all over again I'd try to find a nice 6- or 700-hundred level class at Ross called "History of Procurement Science" or "Global Sourcing" or "Leveraging Corporate Purchasing." Certainly some addendum to Murphy's Law must state that the courses you choose and strengths you build will not come fully into play during your first year when it would be nice to really lean on them. As Kevin once said about his employers' reaction to his recently-earned diploma: "oh, you have a degree? That's nice."
Monday, April 21, 2008