Every Muppet Is Bad at Their Job (And That's the Point)
Joe Hennes of Tough Pigs on what actually makes the Muppets work: everyone is dumb in their own way, and everyone is bad…
Disney+ Should Be Greenlighting 4 Muppet Specials a Year
Joe Hennes of Tough Pigs makes the case that Disney+ has been thinking about The Muppets the wrong way. Forget the…
I Got Hired at My Dream Company. It Got Complicated. | Joe Hennes
Joe Hennes built his career around Muppets -- first as editor-in-chief of Tough Pigs, then as an employee at Sesame…
The Hidden Cost of Working at Your Dream Company | Joe Hennes
Joe Hennes spent years writing about Sesame Street as a superfan. Then he got hired there. Then he got laid off. In this…
AI Can Make a Bad Process Faster. That's Not the Point.
The old line was "don't automate a bad process." The AI version is the same idea with the volume turned up. Tell AI to…
How NUMMI Forced Toyota to Codify Its Management System
Before NUMMI, Toyota's management system existed mostly in the social fabric of the company -- in bits and pieces, in…
Deming Said It: "They Don't Know What to Copy"
A Deming-ism Mark Graban brings up here: "They don't know what to copy." GM had a green book called the Competitive…
NUMMI's 5 Management Strategies, From a 1987 GM Document
From a January 1987 GM Confidential document I found in the Don Ephlin papers at Wayne State's Reuther Library -- the…