I’m in the middle of a hot, humid stretch of weather, as are many of the U.S. readers. I can hardly think straight, so I’ve decided to lighten things up a bit today.

Many of you have seen me present and know that I try to inject healthy doses of humor to make key points. As my mentor and dear friend Rodney Dueck said to me while we tried to transform culture, one has to “think of it all as entertainment.” He kept reminding me that we can’t take ourselves and our passion for improvement seriously all the time.

I quoted W. Edwards Deming in my last newsletter: “Don't waste too much time on tools and techniques. You can learn the lot in 15 minutes.”

But what if you had only five minutes?

We all do a lot of teaching. I think Father Guido Sarducci's* concept of a five-minute university is brilliant. Just think of its potential to help cultures pass external audits when the auditors swarm upon them, or when judges for quality awards visit:

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