Good Press in Bad Economic Times

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf


A few years back I had the good fortune to visit $233 million Pittsford Federal Credit Union's Mendon, N.Y., branch, just seven minutes from my home. President/CEO Bill Martin, a CUES member, showed me how his cashless branches work (the CU's other branch, the CU's headquarters in nearby Pittsford, also operates without cash) and sent this editor back home with new insights into the topics I write about. (Thanks again, Bill!)

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Go on, Overwhelm Me

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf


Now that I've unsusbscribed from a bunch of e-newsletters that I didn't really read, I've been able to focus on a couple of e-newsletters I've wanted to spend more time with.

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Innovation or Bureaucracy: Lessons from NASA Insiders

Posted by Christopher Stevenson


I heard about this video on NPR's Morning Edition this morning. Scripted and recorded by four-time space flier Andrew Thomas, the video is designed to show how innovation has been blocked and bureaucracy reigns in the U.S. space program.


At almost 10 minutes in length and with the production value of a fourth-grade class project, it's a long video to muddle through, but it's worth watching if only to see if you can identify the same CYA behaviors in your own organization.

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