Alan Creedy

The “Retailization” of Funeral Service

How "The Hawthorne Effect" got us off focus The formal casket and vault merchandising systems so common today in funeral homes are a relatively new innovation. But their impact is disproportionate to their value. The industry began experimenting with formal merchandising systems sometime in the late 1960’s. I don’t know whether it was Buddy Hunter [...]

By Admin|2010-06-28T20:00:52-04:00June 28th, 2010|The Creedy Commentary|4 Comments

The Perils of Group Think

Why it is so important that you practice Critical Thinking I am concerned that we, as a profession, are making vital decisions about our future largely on the basis of opinion and conjecture. Worse, we are allowing ourselves to be influenced by strong personalities or companies who have a need to fit their product into our solution. [...]

By Admin|2018-01-25T19:58:05-05:00June 9th, 2010|Blog, Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|5 Comments

I Apologize for this Annoying Pop-Up!

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