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How Did Some of the Biggest Names in the Cheese World End Up in an Industrial...
Right now, I’m sitting in a room with some of my heroes of the cheese world but they’re not talking about cheese. They’re talking about finance. When the cheese crazed food nut in me is not feeling...
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OBM is the New Black: How Open Book Management Puts You Back In The Black
OBM was pioneered by Jack Stack in The Great Game of Business. In 1983, he transformed a failing division of International Harvester into Springfield Remanufacturing Company (SRC)—one of the most...
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Remember to Adjust for Distance
I’ve been driving awkwardly lately. Gear shifts come too late. I’m accelerating out of synch with my own gear shifts. It’s not a life crisis or anything but I used to work in the auto industry and I...
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Cheap Promises
Date : early May Location : Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market by Zingermans Deli and Kerrytown. even though there is still a cold nip in the air, nothing that your warm fleecy sweater can’t easily combat, the...
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The ZingTrain Curriculum
2012 has been a year of much change at ZingTrain. We moved into our first-ever dedicated training space. We hired two wonderful new folks to join the ZingTrain team. We hosted our first guest speaker....
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We’re getting ZAPped*!
On track june 2013 *ZAP = Zingerman’s Annual Plan It’s annual planning season here at Zingerman’s. And so, also at ZingTrain. Our fiscal year goes from August to July and each year we spend the months...
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An Interview with Jason Cormier, co-Founder of Room 214
Frequently occurring stages of a great relationship: At ZingTrain, delivering great training is our raison d’etre. However, building great, long-term relationships with the people we deliver great...
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The 5 W’s
…OR THE THREE M’S – MAKING METRICS MATTER! On Track September 2013 Zingerman’s is an Open Book business. I love working in an Open Book business. I believe that it is a way of operating that respects...
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High Chair Hijinks and Forecasting Forays
(…AND OUR ANNUAL SEMINAR SALE!) On Track November 2013 I have a nine month old son. He has a high chair. Nothing fancy. A chair. A food tray/table. Two restraining straps – one for his lap, one for his...
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The Vortex & The Snowstorm
And what they taught us about our business and ourselves! Who writes about the weather in January? It’s winter. White stuff falls from the sky and it’s uncomfortably cold. What’s to write about? And...
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Play it again and again and again and again…
So what did we decide? If you want to take the same seminar a second time (or third or fourth or fifth time) It’s half off! That’s 50% Email us (zingtrainzingermanscom) to register! PSST… Do you...
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A Rumination on Pepper
A word about pepper Writing about spices, for me, is a particular challenge. I could write ten words and be done with it: “Use them skillfully. And they will enrich and enhance your life.” Or I could...
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Five Questions for the Kitchen Sisters
A HEARTWARMING AND COMPELLING VIRTUOSITY I recently emailed the Kitchen Sisters asking for a quick interview prior to their upcoming visit to Ann Arbor. I try to do this with all the featured speakers...
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Five Questions for Anese Cavanaugh
Business strategist and collborator Anese Cavanaugh at the ZingTrain Speaker Series We recently caught up with Anese to ask her five questions: Why are you so certain that everyone has a presence?...
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From Ann Arbor to Addis Ababa
Zingtrain travels to Africa In May, ZingTrain had the privilege of being invited to teach in Ethiopia. And we’re not using the word privilege lightly here. Dr. Senait Fisseha is an inspiring and...
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2015 ZingTrain Speakers Series Coming Soon!
Hello from ZingTrain! If you are looking for some of your upcoming Wednesday mornings to be filled with learning about Business, Leadership, Presence, Hope and Love(!), we’ve got just the thing for...
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ZingTrain Q&A: Here’s How Ji-Hye Kim Partnered with Zingerman’s to Open Miss Kim
Back in November, on what would turn out to be Ji-Hye Kim’s last free day in a long time, ZingTrain eagerly interviewed her about what it meant to be a partner of the Zingerman’s Community of...
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First Annual MissKimJang: A Q&A with Ji Hye Kim
Our first annual MissKimJang is Monday, November 6 at Miss Kim. We’ll be celebrating our one year anniversary with this very special Korean tradition. Chef Ji Hye Kim will kick off the event by...
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Five Questions for the Kitchen Sisters
A HEARTWARMING AND COMPELLING VIRTUOSITY I recently emailed the Kitchen Sisters asking for a quick interview prior to their upcoming visit to Ann Arbor. I try to do this with all the featured speakers...
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Five Questions for Anese Cavanaugh
Business strategist and collborator Anese Cavanaugh at the ZingTrain Speaker Series We recently caught up with Anese to ask her five questions: Why are you so certain that everyone has a presence?...
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