You might assign the problem to someone, but chances of you asking Joe is real slim.



You may have estimated the effort this solution might require, some of that already used up, but you may not know when you will get a solution or if you will get a solution. You have a bad problem in hand, but worse is Joe who has a solution for your problem won’t solve it for you.



Here is why - Joe works for a different division! Joe won’t solve it for you because you won’t ask him, and… Continue

When I worked in the auto body repair business, our materials costs were absurd. The major chemical companies--3m, Dupont, PPG, Sikkens--would develop essentially the same products independently of each other. Even spray booth companies would spend massive R&D dollars to make the same product. If they had collaborated on some… Continue