Bill Waddell

by BILL WADDELL In a story that rings a bit of The Emperor's New Clothes, a young girl from Missouri by the name of Kate Hodges is taking her 3.5…

by BILL WADDELL Thought I'd send you into the weekend on a lighter note.  It's well worth a couple of minutes to watch this clip from the Dai…

by BILL WADDELL The responses to my recent posts concerning GE, as well as my overflowing email inbox, have caused me to realize that many Evolving E…

by BILL WADDELL When I wrote about GE's very late discovery of lean yesterday, a few comments came in and a few emails hit my inbox defending the…

by BILL WADDELL In a story that is nothing short of flabbergasting, GE has discovered kaizen. After meteorically rising and falling as the best mana…

by BILL WADDELL One lesson of many I have learned since I started down the consulting trail years ago is that when the management team of a client co…

by BILL WADDELL A volcano erupts in Iceland, the European air freight system slams to a halt, stores run out of products and manufacturers run out of…

by BILL WADDELL A few years back I had the privilege of providing translation services for Hiroyuki Hirano when he wrote "JIT Is Flow". (Am…