Hopelessly Lost, But Making Good Time
7 January 2010
by BILL WADDELL I have had more inquiries about scheduling one of my 1 Day Assessments in the first three work days of 2010 than got in the entire mo…
2010 Resolution: No More Excuses
5 January 2010
by BILL WADDELL Imagine an interview with someone for an entry level job - or middle management or, worse yet, senior management - and that person no…
Lean Leaders and Losers
30 December 2009
by BILL WADDELL I figure the last day of the year is a good time to look back at the highs and lows - see who demonstrated real leadership in manufac…
Global Ignorance
28 December 2009
by BILL WADDELL AJ Sweat is a long time reader who often sends me interesting, and occasionally outrageous blog fodder - I sincerely appreciate it AJ…
Volkswagen Brings A Gun To A Knife Fight
22 December 2009
by BILL WADDELL While GM and Chrysler have wallowed around in government muck and mire, Toyota has struggled to stop their steady slide toward becomi…
Value Or Not To Value That Is The Question
17 December 2009
by BILL WADDELL Since I wrote The Lean Ratio the other day the comments and opinions have come in fast and furiously. The concept of what is value a…
Primum Non Nocere vs the Strategy of Idiots
17 December 2009
by BILL WADDELL The title is the Latin fundamental, "First do no harm" which is drilled into the heads of just about everyone going into me…
The Lean Ratio
16 December 2009
by BILL WADDELL I get lots of questions about metrics. We seem to be a culture obsessed with measuring things, and the idiotic notion that we can…