Dialysis revisited

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It’s November- which means the big research about dialysis is discussed.

The ASN (American Society of Nephrology) meeting was one of the highlights of the year (about the same time as the annual meetings of the AIChE and ACS  [American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society])- plus the May meeting for ASAIO (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs) that provided lots of great opportunities to learn and network for me.  (As I got older and could more easily travel overseas, the EDTA [European Dialysis and Transplant Association] garnered my attention, too.)

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Leading Values

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We were working with a new client, helping to set up the systems and find the employees it will need to make the venture a success.  During one of the discussions on direction and attitude, the client voiced that our Jewish values were truly helpful.  I, for one, did not consider these to be innately Jewish- especially since my business partner of decades agreed with these “credos”- and he is a Southern Baptist.  Moreover, I believe every person and company (every company is really a collection of individuals with a common mission) needs to espouse values or credos such as these to succeed.  It has nothing to do with one’s religion.

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Unequal Companies=Income Inequality

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I’ve talked often about the abrogation of the social contract that obtained between companies, their employees, and their communities.  That schism- advocated by Dr. Milton Friedman– has been accompanied by the erosion of the US middle class and the flattening of wages (except for corporate executives).

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Teach your children well…

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Despite what Tim Montgomerie claimed in his Wall Street Journal piece (discussed last week), the facts are that there real problems exist in America- and the world over.  We are not deluded with our thinking that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer or that corporations are evading their financial responsibility to their employees and to our communities.

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Who’s that, again?

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When I was little, I remembered hearing stories about one  of the key executives of Sears, Roebuck & Company, who made a difference in this country.   That was back when Sears Roebuck meant you could expect good deals and good products.   (I even had the chance to work with Sears Roebuck years later, back when the RV industry was in its heyday.  I felt pretty good being among their company then.)

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