The Queen of All Proverbs
13 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL "... perhaps the queen of all proverbs. The road to hell is paved with good intentions." So said Richard Chenevix Trench l…
Tour Notes 4 - Why Change?
8 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL There are a couple of messages I give to the folks who attend my seminars I think are necessary for everyone in a position to lead ch…
Someone Has To Do It
8 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL We have long known of and admired John Ratzenberger's efforts to promote manufacturing. For a number of years he has stood as th…
The Value Thing
7 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL The last Lean Accounting Summit contained a lot of great content but what really stood out for me was the focus on value. There is a…
Tour Notes 3 - Accounting
6 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL In the course of giving my Lean Accounting / Lean Business Model seminars over the course of the last several weeks, inevitably we wo…
Tour Notes 2 - People
6 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL Western labor costs are better than ten times higher than corresponding labor rates in China. Overcoming that gap with vastly superi…
Tour Notes 1 - Culture
3 October 2010
by BILL WADDELL Just finished the last stop on a seminar/workshop tour that has taken me over 30,000 miles over the last three weeks talking to folks…
Republican Jabberwocky
27 September 2010
by BILL WADDELL "And then strange motions will abound.Yet let's be content, and the times lament, you see the world turn'd upside down&q…