Almost Eden

Due to my lack of patience over too many crashes with B2evolution blogware, the Almost Eden blog has been moved to WordPress (on it's own domain) and has received a facelift. A little of 2008 history is missing and should be restored this week. Here's… more »

If you are an unhappy receipient of a sudden rush of RSS feeds from this blog dating back to last July, please accept my apology - I had no idea of the consequences of upgrading the blog software! After weeks of prompting by my blog admin panel I fin… more »

My husband pointed out today that I have neglected to report here that our 8-year-old son has begun his own blog - Aliyah: Tagging Along. It all started during the summer break as tensions built over our move from Ma'ale Adumim to Ra'anana... Yisrael mis… more »

We upgraded the b2evolution blog software on our server today and for some reason, unknown to us, doing so caused the RSS and Atom feeds to send fresh copies of every article we've ever posted here! Please accept our apologies for the duplicates in your e-mail box. more »

People often ask Michael and I what type of work we do - or enjoy doing - and then seem sorry they asked. How does that saying go? "Ask an engineer what time it is and he'll tell you how to build a watch." The truth is that we are troubleshooters sharing an area of expertise known today as Process Improvement. In the old days we were called "Efficiency Experts", "Total Quality Improvement Consultants", "Change Managers", and various derogatory terms by incompetent or lazy people who lost their jobs as a result of our research and recommendations. Comparable to mercenaries or hired gun fighters, we are engaged to execute the difficult missions. The underlying nature of the Process Improvement Specialist is objective analysis. We’re there to propose, and sometimes are even allowed to implement, the solutions. Throughout our careers we have run into "excuse" walls erected by political, incompetent or lazy people in an effort to provide themselves with job security. You know the type... more »