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THE ENTERPRISE--HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP?

THE ENTERPRISE--HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP?

THE COMPLEXITY CRISIS--AS TIMELY AS EVER
Most readers know that my last business book THE COMPLEXITY CRISIS came out in 2008 to considerable critical acclaim.  It was chosen as one of the year's Best Business Books by Soundview Executive Book Summaries (where it was also a featured summary) and one of the year's best books for small businesses by http://smallbiztrends.com , a highly regarded resource for small businesses.  Fast Forward to 2011, and I can report that the challenges of complexity are as great, or perhaps even greater than ever.  The messages in THE COMPLEXITY CRISIS are as timely today and the day they were written.  Whether it is the travails of the US largest company Walmart, which tried to eliminate complexity by edict and the brute force method--which cost it a lot of sales and consumer goodwill, or a handful of other smaller companies I know about, complexity is still a "curse" and a "crisis."

WHY DON'T COMPANY MANAGEMENT SEE IT AND DEAL WITH IT?
That is the puzzling question.  Perhaps the answer is best arrived at by considering a quite large ($25B range) and highly profitable multi-national company I know about.  It heard my message, agreed it had a complexity problem, and then essentially said "we'll fix it ourselves."  In the process the solutions, created by some of the same folks who created the complexity problem in the first place, simply added more complexity.  Of course they will make some progress.  Their complexity was so bad, that simply agreeing that it needed to be addressed was a big step.  Their mistake is this:  The people who created a problem are seldom able to fix the problem without some kind of outside intervention.  It doesn't matter if it is GM or a smallish mid-size company.  The people who added the complexity are too invested in how it happened to tear it apart.  That is the role for an outsider, to act as a catalyst for change.

BOTTOM LINE:  THE BIGGEST COMPLEXITY MESS IS OUR GOVERNMENT
I was asked by the publisher to remove the brief chapter I had written on this topic since I could barely scratch the surface of government complexity.  It exists at all levels, Federal, State and local, but is worst at the Federal level.  The tax code is the easiest target.  Thousands of pages long, basis of countless litigations, source of billions of dollars of "expert" help to the taxpayers, and there is no sign of any attempt to fix it.  Homeland Security, the amalgamation of all kinds of agencies in the  wake of 9/11 is arguably and giant bureaucratic machine that often trips over itself en route to protecting Americans.  (Do the TSA airport screening fiascoes come to mind?)  The Defense Department is a huge, wasteful complexity trap of its own.  It recently decided to simply "dump" tens of billions of dollars of unfinished weapons projects.  I guess it was wise to remove that chapter since it could have easily doubled the size of the book.  BUT, wouldn't it be nice if someone would consolidate the 18 different, duplicated government functions reported just a few months ago that waste billions of dollars in redundant work, staffing and actions.  Just for a start?

AS BAD AS THE PROBLEMS IN THE USA SEEM TO BE, CONSIDER OTHER COUNTRIES

--EUROPE has a handful of countries, mostly in the South that are functionally bankrupt and as bad or worse in debt that the USA's ridiculous position.  They are called the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain).

--MEXICO has a criminal drug problem of epic proportions.  In just the last five years, 40,000 people have died as a result of some of the most grisly  murders ever seen. 

--CHINA can't keep the power on to its factories all the time.  And the problem is getting worse, not better.  Chinese food is so often contaminated, that the people do not trust any of it.  Arsenic in soy sauce, bleach tainted mushrooms, duck eggs with cancer causing dyes, baby formula with deadly substances, paint still loaded with lead, and on, and on.

--INDIA has tens of thousands of graduated, educated people who cannot fill the jobs that are open.  Its infrastructure is still primitive in many places.  Transportation is clogged, slow and totally inefficient.

--JAPAN is reeling from the earthquake and tsunami. While it will recover over time, this was a crippling blow.

--NORTH AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST are boiling cauldrons of revolution and violence.  Libya, Syria, Egypt, Somalia, many other African countries, and more. Israel & Palestine will not ever come to terms over their issues.  Iraq is rebuilding, while Iran flexes its muscles. 

Maybe the USA isn't so bad after all? 

WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS--AND THE OBAMA "REGIME" ISN'T FIXING ANY OF THEM!
We have a lot of problems--few of which Barack Obama has made any improvement on:
--massive unemployment and underemployment, 
--the government's uncontrollable spending problem and ballooning deficits,
--an aging population whose entitlements are simply unsustainable over the longer term,
--health care costs are too high, especially for the outcomes that result, and Obamacare will make it worse, not better
--the aging infrastructure and decay of older inner cities,
--the porous border and millions of illegal immigrants,
--education is underperforming, unions too strong (tenure, seniority), can't reward truly great teachers
--government interference and regulations are oppressive, and getting worse every day
--taxes are too high (because government spending is too high), but some loopholes could be closed
--the people leading our government are not competent to fix these, (including our Pretender in Chief, Barack Obama whose inexperience shows more and more each day.) 
Obama is good at one thing:  making speeches, especially campaign speeches filled with platitudes, half-truths and outright lies.  Beyond those speeches full of glowing rhetoric and artfully turned phrases, he, his administration and his performance is an embarrassment--and yet almost half of Americans "like him!"  What on earth are they thinking?

OBAMA TAKES CREDIT FOR BUSH'S WINS, WHILE BLAMING BUSH FOR HIS OWN LOSSES
Who found Osama bin Laden?  It tracks back to the intelligence and interrogation done during the Bush years.  Who caused the current lackluster, jobless recovery?  Was that Bush's fault too?  I don't think so.  Who blabbed about all of the "treasure trove" of data recovered from Obama's compound?  The Pretender in Chief spilled the bean before the intelligence folks could even begin to use the data to find and capture or roust out many more al Qaeda cells.  It made Obama seem like a "big man" while it negated one of the most potentially powerful intelligence finds in decades.  Shame on him!

MEDICARE IS NOT THE WHOLE BUDGET PROBLEM--JUST THE BEST ONE FOR DEMAGOGUERY IN CAMPAIGNS
Just a short burst on this one, which is all over the news.  The Democratic platform is clearly "do nothing and talk about how we will save it"--but without any plans to do so--it will be gone in 20 years +/-!  That allows them to demagogue every rational plan the GOP offers.  Great politics, lousy leadership (typical Obama).

THE LAW IS SUPPOSED TO APPLY TO EVERYONE, BUT NOT EQUALLY, IT SEEMS
Over 3 million people have already been excluded from the provisions of Obamacare.   That wouldn't be news, per se, except that before a new law takes effect, that's a pretty big group of exclusions. There's more to this story.  Union members make up 12% of the US population, but somehow they manage to make up 50% of those getting Obamacare waivers.  That means the law won't treat everyone nearly equally!  Add in the Boeing-South Carolina ruling (trying to stop Boeing from building a $2 billion plant that will employ a lot of South Carolinians) by the NLRB and you can see that many laws seem to have a pro-union bias under Barack Obama's presidency.  I wonder if Obama realizes that the population in South Carolina his NL:RB is discriminating against is heavily made up of black prospective workers.  Take my word for it, I was there all week...  How's that for fixing one problem and creating another?

WE NEED A NATIONAL ID CARD--NOW!
Several states, WI, TX, KS, & OH are in the process of passing laws requiring better ID for voters.  A photo ID is needed to buy Sudafed for sinus problems, and to drive, and to fly on airplanes and to check into most hotels--but somehow requiring one to identify a voter is taking away the rights of the "underclass" who can't seem to get one.  Even when one is offered "free" to them, it is discriminatory, since this group doesn't do much of anything for themselves except collect their welfare checks and vote Democratic.  Kansas has already debunked this myth partly by showing that more people have a Kansas driver's license than were registered to vote.  This is another blatant case of nonsense.  Another valid use of such IDs would be to register and track immigrants--legal ones, that is.  Illegals immigrants--here is your chance to sign up!

I COULD GO ON--BUT IT'S MAKING ME A LITTLE CRAZY
This is the weekend we are supposed to be celebrating those brave men and women who fought to protect our country and its freedoms.  Don't let this dictatorial, big government Pretender in Chief take those freedoms away.  Vote Barack Obama out of office in 2012--get rid of him along with his crony buddies like Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Barney Frank, and Sherrod Brown here in OH.

That's how to you can all help protect our freedom--and without risking your life or using a gun!

BEST, JOHN

PS: Per many requests: 2012 GOP Presidential (Realistic) Hopefuls (with my ranking: 5 stars is highest ***** at this time!)
***Mitt Romney. He should have been the candidate in 2008.  With a sharper message on overreaching bureaucrats and the economy, he can do better than in 2008. His health care baggage, his abortion flip-flops, and his Mormon religion are drawbacks.  He’s aggressively seeking support of local lawmakers in early primary states as well as social conservative groups. I liked him 4 years ago, and don’t fully understand his apparent lack of GOP primary voter appeal.He needs to take the gloves off and really fight if he gets the nod.

****Herman Cain—an experienced executive at Coke and Pillsbury, former CEO of Godfather, former Chairman of the National Restaurant Assoc., former Board Chairman of the Federal Reserve of Kansas City, a cancer survivor (which is what took him out of this public life for a period of time) and Atlanta radio talk show host.  He is the anti-Obama—a fiscal conservative, an experienced leader and manager, and an inspirational, articulate black man. Never elected to office--is that a minus or a plus?  (Lost in the one contest he ran in.)  He will take the gloves off and go after Obama.

**Tim Pawlenty. Retired as Minn.’s governor, attractive to moderates and independents but not to conservatives.The alternative to Romney. Seems to be motivated and serious about his run. A Solid guy, but so far, not enough sizzle as a speaker, no matter how hard he tries.

**Michelle Bachman—Tea Party favorite from a Northern Midwestern state.   Maybe too polarizing a figure, but she will draw from the Palin base—big time—if she stays in it.  May be running for a VP spot for the Tea Party.
*Newt Gingrich. The former House speaker will struggle with fund-raising, and though his strident rhetoric will stoke the far right, it’ll alienate others. Nope! Plenty smart, great policy wonk, but... too much old baggage & “shoots himself in the foot” too often.

***Rick Perry—Governor of Texas—not sure he’ll run--but could be formidable if he decides to run.

***Jon Huntsman—Former Gov. of Utah, a rich, popular moderate.  Just back from serving as Obama’s ambassador to China.  Also a Mormon. Too soon to tell.  Competent.  Fiscal conservative, social moderate.
*Ron Paul—Fiscally conservative but too old, too Libertarian.  Wants to influence the discussion. 

*Gary Johnson—Former NM Governor and another Libertarian masquerading as a Republican. A confusion factor.

*Rick Santorum—former Senator from PA, who lost by double digits in his last Senate race? Another pretty face.

*Sarah Palin—No thanks…stay a  celebrity and “king maker”…has a following but lacks “gravitas” to be President in these tough times.

 

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THE ENTERPRISE--A COUNTRY IN CRISIS--SEEKING TRUE LEADERSHIP

WE ARE ON THE THRESHOLD OF A GLOBAL CYBER-THREAT CRISIS
I don't know what else to say to increase the concern and awareness.  I wrote an entire novel on the nature of the crisis (see the last item in this week's edition on this topic).  Sony Playstation was hacked and Sony's CEO tells us that he can't be sure it won't happen again.  Google is hacked in China.  Iran's nuclear installations are attacked by the Stuxnet virus.  Facebook can't protect its security either, so whoever is on there is vulnerable. 

These hackers can find ways into your computer to either use it, or plant things in it (porn, for one popular example) that could get you in big trouble.  This isn't even new technology.  It's been around for almost ten years.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER ANYONE WHO HAS A COMPUTER, OR A COMPANY THAT HAS COMPUTERS, OR YOU USE AN IPAD OR A SMARTPHONE--YOU ARE VULNERABLE.  BE VERY CAUTIOUS!

What can you do?  Keep anti-virus protection up to date; keep your firewall on; accept as few cookies as possible; stop forwarding file attachments that have not been scanned for viruses; don't open or share file attachments; just trash them (it's not worth the risk).  If you want someone to watch a video, send them a link to the origin site, one that you have checked out, and know is safe and valid.  One of the best ways hacker get in is by phishing or social engineering--fooling people into voluntarily giving up critical information.  DO NOT GIVE ANYONE INFORMATION UNLESS YOU ARE SURE THEY ARE LEGITIMATE !

NOTE: MICROSOFT SAYS ONE IN 14 DOWNLOADS IS MALICIOUS--AND MICROSOFT HAS ITS OWN PROBLEMS TOO!
The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7344996/886955522/512542/0/  

FYI--I just bought Microsoft's latest version of Office for Mac and the fourth day I had it there was a "Critical"  Software Update of over 450MB for security reasons.  I assume it went to all owners of those programs.  Took forever to download and install.  Now that Apple is gaining share and stature, hackers are going after it--and the relative safety of Macs is in jeopardy too. 

BUT AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM IS AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP:  IS THERE ANYONE PICTURED HERE THAT CAN GET ELECTED--AND THEN HELP SAVE AMERICA?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703655404576292930136224932.html?mod=djemTEW_h

Ron Paul is in (ho-hum--been there seen him);

Tim Pawlenty is in (nice but dull);

Newt is in (although he's already screwed up any chances he had). 

Huckabee is out.  Trump is out. 

Herman Cain is due to announce this weekend--he is "the real deal!" 

Mitt Romney will be in, and he's a serious candidate but is still awkwardly skating around his past issues.  

Mitch Daniels is possibly coming in, based on his wife's appearance recently, and he's competent but not an exciting speaker.

Michelle Bachman is possibly coming in, who may or may not be competent but is more "exciting," at least to Tea Partiers. 

Jon Huntsman may jump in too (he's a smart, interesting moderate--but also a Mormon--or doesn't that matter as much anymore?)

Once the candidates who really plan to make a serious run are in, some of the "also rans" (Santorum?  Johnson? & who else--please not Palin!) should bow out--and support a stronger candidate--but they won't.  It's their 15 minutes of fame. 

Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Chris Chrisie--the new "young guns" don't want to take on a hugely funded, incumbent President who will stop at nothing when campaigning.

DARK HORSE CANDIDATE FOR GOP NOMINEES (PUN INTENDED) HERMAN CAIN--SPREAD THE WORD--CHECK HIM OUT
http://hermancain.com/
I still like him, out of all the possible candidates.  He should be announcing this weekend if he is an official candidate.  I think he will officially run. I don't know if he can raise the money he'll need--but he'd be a lot better than some of the current candidates.  Check his background, his beliefs and how he approaches things.  I think you will be favorably impressed.  He is not getting the credit/exposure he deserves.  He clobbered the field in the Fox News South Carolina "debate" and that included Pawlenty and Paul.

CONSUMERS KNOW WHAT'S CONCERNING THEM--THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHO CAN FIX "IT"
BIGresearch does some wonderful surveys.  I have mentioned them before.  The Consumer Intentions and Actions (CIA) done monthly is the closest you can come to predicting the future (from a consumer standpoint) in retail and for companies that sell to retail.  It surveys almost 10,000 people, trims it down to 8,000+ for demographic correctness and that yields a margin of error of 1% or less. BIGresearch also does an even larger survey (over 20,000 respondents) semi-annually that focuses on media usage and influence.  Finally, they do an American Pulse survey a couple times each month, in which they usually have about 5000 respondents.  This survey covers a wide range of topics but clearly showed (most recently) how Americans defined their worst concerns.  Here's a brief snapshot of a small piece of that survey.

What do you think are the worst problems currently affecting the United States? (Check all that apply)
Rising gas prices
85.4%
 
Rising food prices
65.7%
 
High inflation
40.6%

Weak economy
67.7%
 
Unemployment
77.1%

National debt
67.6%

 
Source: BIGresearch® American Pulse™ Survey
The April #2 Survey was conducted 4/25-4/28/2011. 5340 Adults Age 18+ surveyed.  Margin of error is +/ 1.4%,

(Yes, they will happily sell subscriptions to these great surveys!  Email me if anyone is interested.)
For more info you can see lots more at http://www.bigresearch.com .


THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED QE2 IS FAILING--JUST LIKE THE STIMULUS BEFORE IT DID
President Obama continues to spend the USA into insolvency, irresponsibly throwing money at problems via his henchmen, the Treasury Secretary and the Fed Chairman.  While monetary stimulus can slow the fall of a falling economy, it doesn't create sustainable growth.   How many times does this need to be illustrated.  So far, more than a Trillion Dollars has been spent, allegedly to jump start a sick economy.  It didn't work.  Somehow the widely publicized NYTimes columnist Paul Krugman may have gotten a Nobel prize  in economics, but he doesn't get this point. He wants to dump more of your tax money down the drain.   But then look at some other recent Nobel prize winners: Al Gore, Barack Obama?  It makes you wonder what this prize is for--who can mislead people more?

THE RECOVERY SEEMS TO BE SLOWLY ADDING JOBS--VERY SLOWLY
Small businesses are still wary.  Consumers are hesitant since their incomes have not gone up much and what increase they saw has been consumed at the gas pump and grocery store.  Maybe relief in gas prices is coming--IF the recent upsurge was fueled more y speculation than by supply and demand.

A RECENT MOVE BY THE OBAMA SIDE--LET THE PRESIDENT CHOOSE FED COMMITTEE MEMBERS
In a little publicized set of moves, there is action underway to remove the regional members of the Federal Reserve Committee because they represent large banks and that is a "conflict of interest."  The alternative solution is to designate replacement members. Who would choose then?  Why "King Obama," of course, our Pretender in Chief.  Who else?  This will not stop until he is out of the White House.


FROM POLITICO.COM WE GET THE LATEST OBAMA PLOY: ADD MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS TO HIS VOTER ROLL

How can a presidential candidate manufacture millions of new votes by a single action?  Barack Obama typically draws 60-75% of the Hispanic vote, so IF he can legislate the addition of millions of illegals, he picks up a hugely sympathetic voting block.  And that, my friends, is exactly what he is trying to do--again--with this legislation.  Obama henchman "Dirty Harry Reid" will lead the charge followed closely by Illinois devotee Dick Durbin. 

Senate Democrats will re-introduce the long-stalled DREAM Act, hoping to tap into momentum from President Barack Obama’s speech along the border Tuesday about America’s need to pass comprehensive immigration reform.   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and other Democrats will urge passage of the DREAM Act at a news conference Wednesday morning at the Capitol.   

Foundering in Congress for a decade, the legislation was passed in the House but came up five votes short of overcoming a Republican filibuster in the Senate during last December’s lame-duck session. The DREAM Act would provide a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants brought to the country as children if they attend college or join the military for two years.At a speech in El Paso, Texas, Obama called on Congress to pass the bill and “stop punishing innocent young people for the actions of their parents.” 

“It was a tremendous disappointment to get so close and then see politics get in the way,” Obama said. “These are kids who grew up in this country, love this country, and know no other place as home. The idea that we would punish them is cruel and it makes no sense. We are a better nation than that.  “So we’re going to keep up the fight for the Dream Act. We’re going to keep up the fight for reform.”

THE WHITE HOUSE PASSES THE BUCK ON CYBER-SECURITY--TO BUSINESS!!!

The White House sent a roadmap to Congress telling it how to protect the nation from cyber threats—Pass new laws requiring companies to guard critical water, electric and transportation networks. 

The administration also called for a new federal data breach notification law on how businesses tell customers their personal data has been stolen by hackers or thieves. A senior White House official told reporters on a conference call that laws need updating to fight the  growing challenge from digital assailants.  This is either a government abdication of responsibility or a really good idea.  We'll see which.  Actually, business IS better equipped to do this than the bureaucrats in DC.  This might actually be effective—if the new laws are not too burdensome.

OUR MILITARY PRESENCE IN SO MANY PLACES IS DRAINING US--FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE ARE THE KEY WORDS
We still have tens of thousands of military in various places in Europe, notably Germany, more than 60 years since the end of WWII. Our unclear (and unwinnable) mission in Afghanistan is due to start winding down later this year.  Pakistan is an easy escape route for Taliban and al Qaeda sympathizers--and thus far, Pakistan has shown little ability (or interest) in keeping that from happening.  Iraq is "over" for the USA--we need to move on out and led them squabble among themselves.  Korea is worrisome, but we can't put enough troops there to stop a massive attack by the North.  The American military needs to re-focus, re-task and re-build.  We must quit fighting yesteryear's wars and prepare to fight tomorrow's--and those will be totally different--asymmetrical, widely dispersed, covert, guerilla actions against pockets of enemies--not even necessarily "nation states."

HERE IS ONE OF MY RECENT FORBES BLOG POSTS IN CASE YOU DON'T READ THEM:
http://blogs.forbes.com/prospernow/2011/05/02/forget-afghanistan-lets-rebuild-america/


Best, JOHN
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THE LATEST GOOD REVIEW OF THE CHINESE CONSPIRACY (FROM AN INDEPENDENT REVIEWER)
"I don't know about you but everyday I turn on my computer and it becomes my life for several hours. I have mail to answer, orders to fill, reviews to write, and the list goes on. I know at times when my server is not working correctly and I cannot get on I become agitated as my world seems to be off-centered. Although all of that information is not a good thing, it is a truth, nevertheless. Now imagine what would happen if the internet did not come back on, if your cell phone or house phone, for that matter did not work. What if the television was off and the radio did not play no matter what you did? Scary thought isn't it?"

"In this outstanding book by John Mariotti we are taken on a journey where that is exactly what is being planned. As a Chinese Minister decides to see just what would happen if a cyber attack were to take place the race is on as our hero, Jim Martini, stumbles upon the plot while visiting his hometown, and races to stop it. What a rush!"

"This is an outstanding book in so many ways. The storyline could be tomorrow's headlines and it could happen across the nation of in just a small section. The characters were very well defined, giving you that 'I've known you all my life' feel to 'wow, what a creep. who are you?' In other words both good and bad, mixing them with just the right flow within the story as each character played his or her part. It flowed at a good pace, keeping my attention and keeping the thrill effect right to the end. A very good read, well written. It was not only entertaining but left me with much to think about. Recommended."

Shirley Johnson/Senior Reviewer
MidWest Book Review


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THE CHINESE CONSPIRACY coming true?
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