Garrick as Richard III

When you think of great Shakespearean actors, who comes to mind? I think of Kenneth Branagh, James Earl Jones (is there a better Lear?), Lawrence Olivier, Helen Mirren and Tom Huddleston. Each of these actors, when on stage, becomes the character they play. We are pulled into the drama precisely because of this. Modern audiences are accustomed to players who bring fiction to life; we would be disappointed by actors who just recited lines. There a term for this type of acting, “phoning it in”. “Hamming it up” is a derogatory term we use for those who do the opposite by overacting with exaggerated body language and lines. But, would you be surprised to learn this wasn’t always the case? Prior to 1740, this type of acting was the norm.

Jack Lynch, author of Becoming Shakespeare, offers readers a look into the history of how…

In this post, we look to provide some guidance and approaches that encourage leaders to focus on the SYSTEM of Innovation. As a review from past writings, to amplify success with Innovation, we advocate five key steps. 

• STEP 1: A commitment from leadership to INNOVATE FOR GROWTH.
• STEP 2: TAKE THE LEAD, to drive value for the business across the enterprise to innovate.
• STEP 3: Develop and deploy an INNOVATION SYSTEM for growth. Start with an educate first mindset.
• STEP 4  ADD TECHNOLOGY as the amplifier of the cool skills that have been learned in step 3. Look for education methods with learning labs to practice the new skills that have been taught.
• STEP 5: Cascade the methods and approach to your suppliers and customers to CREATE GLOBAL INNOVATION SUPPLY CHAINS.

Most everyone understands how a manufacturing system works. In the manufacturing system, process are piloted, developed and continuously…

Getting ready for the play

This backdrop is supposed to tell us where we are. Can you figure it out?

There was a large crowed for the August 2 production of Lake Tahoe’s Shakespeare festival. As you can see a nice  crowed had gathered for a night of cultural entertainment. How can you go wrong with one of Shakespeare’s best well written plays? Some of Shakespeare’s best lines are found in this play. From the well known, “All the world’s a stage” speech to Touchtone’s witty comebacks, what the play lacks in plot more than makes up for it with very witty writing. One would have to try very hard to screw this up. Yet, as much as I enjoyed the performance of the actors, a question came to mind as I watched. When is a Shakespeare play not Shakespeare?

I’m well aware that most modern productions of Shakespeare discard…