Clunkernomics Update
10 August 2009
A few days ago a post I wrote included what was really a throw away line, "Buying America's assets and scrapping them in order to spend money…
The Obstacle To Lean Accounting
6 August 2009
The big problem with lean accounting is that, for the most part, we are incapable of dealing with reality - and I don't mean accounting's ina…
The End of the Quarter Shuffle
5 August 2009
When Norm Bodek and I wrote Rebirth, we included a chapter called "The End of the Quarter Shuffle", describing the lengths public companies…
Clunkertown, USA
4 August 2009
By now everyone has heard of the Cash For Clunkers program. Buying America's assets and scrapping them in order to spend money borrowed from our g…
Lean Is Bigger Than We Thought
3 August 2009
My daily routine begins with scouring an ever growing list of business sources from around the world, both for blog fodder and to keep on top of thing…
Following Up On Lean Accounting
31 July 2009
Last week I wrote that ABC is not Lean Accounting, and quite a bit of commentary and controversy resulted. I am still working on addressing some of th…
Putting the 'No' in Innovation
30 July 2009
After giving it a lot of thought I am going to rank this as the second most asinine thing ever said by a business leader: "Marketing and innovati…
Cash Is Right On The Money
27 July 2009
More years ago than I care to admit, I was first trying to get my arms around what Toyota was doing - we knew it as JIT back in those murky days befor…