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"Well done is better than
well said."
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
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Why Companies Need Less
Innovation Businesses need most of their
workers to carry out their primary duties with
enthusiasm and consistency
Perhaps the most popular-and misunderstood-term of
the first decade of the new millennium is "innovation."
A new stack of books and articles is produced every year
asserting the critical importance of innovation for
organizations that want to survive, especially during
these challenging times. And to a large extent, I agree
with that assertion. Unfortunately, most organizations
in search of innovation seem to be generating as much
cynicism as they are new thinking.
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Patrician launches NEW!!
website
The new website offers an
easy way to navigate a
variety of dynamic
tools and information, making it a fabulous resource for all things
Patrician!
- Multiple ways for users to
find information
- One resource to find all
information
- Enhanced user experience
for customers
- Access to detailed product
information
- Access to literature
including brochures, spec sheets and 2010
Pricer
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| Healthcare News @ CSI |
Patrician Chair Bed - Now available in two
widths, Single and
Double
Assist in the healing
process with a comforting place to rest. Make the Narrative
chair bed a part of the healing process within a patient room
or family lounge areas. The chair bed is available with a wide
selection of arm options to fit the environment and the needs
of the patient and easily transforms into four positions. The
generous sleep deck accommodates a wide range of heights,
while the back cushion folds down when the chair is in the bed
position to be used as a pillow rest.
Designers - John Stafford/Chris
CarterJohn Stafford, graduate of Kendall
School of Design (Grand Rapids, MI) in 1975, worked as
Director of Design with Monarch Furniture Manufacturing,
Division of Mohasco Corp. now known as Chromcraft/Revington.
As Director of Design, responsibilities included creating the
designs for the product line as well as developing all designs
submitted by freelance designers. During his tenure he was
heavily involved in manufacturing and product development
engineering which prepared John for going into his own
business in 1983. John Stafford Designs has since been a
very successful design business and is responsible for
designing many of the top selling products still being sold
today in the contract furniture market. Chris Carter
graduated from Pratt Institute (New York) in 1991. He worked
with various design firms in the metropolitan New York area,
designing and working on products for clients including
Steelcase, Century baby products, Tyco toys, Colgate Palmolive
and Ford Motor Company. Deciding to concentrate in furniture
design, he took the position as Design Director for
Loewenstein. While there, he was responsible for numerous
designs and programs for various high profile installations
throughout North America. In 2002, Chris and John
joined forces to form John Stafford/Chris Carter Design,
LLC. Since the formation of the new partnership,
concentration has been focused in all categories of the
contract market. They are a full service design team that
offers skills from concept
drawings to 3D solids modeling as well as provides valuable
input regarding strategic product
planning, costing and sourcing. They have spent much
time traveling internationally to work with world leading
suppliers on the production of their designs to satisfy the
challenging costs that are demanded in today's
market. Since partnering, John Stafford/Chris Carter
Design, LLC has acquired a world wide client base from which
their designs are sold in corporate, healthcare,
college/university, retail store planning and hospitality
markets.
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| tips & tools |
Maximising your free time at
work
There are always times in every
job where you have nothing to do. For some it's a bonus
- a break from the routine - for others it's dull and
boring. This article will look at how you can
make best use of your free time at work (or skive and get away
with it!). Is there anything you should
be doing right now? Be honest - do you really have
spare time just now or is there something you can be getting
on with? We all have stuff that doesn't have to
be done right away, so sometimes we put things aside and have
a break, don't we? Or is it just me?
Motivating yourself to start that task you have
been putting off can be difficult, so here are a few tips to
get the ball rolling:
Make a list of what you need to do.
Break each task down into sub tasks - you will find these
much more manageable (and less daunting!).
Just start from the beginning and work your way down the
list. Before you know it, your task will be complete!
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Bill Meyer Contract
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phone: 904-220-0221 or
800-808-8274
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