{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Steven Bleistein","provider_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja","author_name":"cd20sbrelansa22","author_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/author\/cd20sbrelansa22\/","title":"Your Own Worst Enemy - Steven Bleistein","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tLThzx40xF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/2025\/01\/your-own-worst-enemy\/\">\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u6700\u5927\u306e\u6575\u306f<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/2025\/01\/your-own-worst-enemy\/embed\/#?secret=tLThzx40xF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Your Own Worst Enemy&#8221; &#8212; Steven Bleistein\" data-secret=\"tLThzx40xF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/YourOwnWorstEnemy-scaled.jpeg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1440,"description":"Businesses can be their own worst enemies when business process supplants business thinking. The CEO of a large industrial American company in Japan told me of difficulties he faces\u00a0in buying from a division of a large Japanese industrial company, not because of a lack of will to sell on their part, but rather unnecessary and burdensome bureaucratic processes that were designed to meet Japanese government procurement requirements, the division\u2019s primary customer. Quality control processes at the Japanese seller company were impractical and far beyond what the American company required, while lead-times and costs were excessive. Adherence to process, no matter how inappropriate, dominated thinking."}