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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Until a few years ago Steve Cronce’s Raphael Industries did $1 million dollars a year of specialized industrial painting for customers within driving distance of their plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more.

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The Top Five Career Regrets

Harvard Business Review

I had just finished a guest lecture on business and innovation at Parson's School for Design , and a particularly attentive front-row audience member kicked off question time with the curliest one of the day. Whoever called them golden handcuffs wasn't joking. What do you regret most about your career? I wish I had quit earlier.

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