Innovation Begins At Home
22 April 2009
A few months ago I launched a one day blitz consulting service in which I would spend one long, intensive day in a company giving them a top to bottom…
Buying Utopia
15 April 2009
I read an article today about a gang called Global Wind Systems, Inc that is bringing a "ray of hope" to Michigan where the unemployment rat…
Derivative markets....an understandable explanation
11 April 2009
Got this from a friend and had to share ... Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her…
Chisan Chishou, or All Logistics Is Waste
10 April 2009
Actually 'chisan chishou" doesn't translate to "all logistics is waste". It means 'local production for local consumption&#…
Too Smart To Notice The Obvious?
8 April 2009
Perhaps I was a bit harsh a few weeks back when I was critical of the Ivy Leaguers running just about every aspect of the global economy into the grou…
The Heart of the Matter
7 April 2009
My post the other day, "A Plague On Both Your Houses" stirred up a few folks - imagine that - me writing something that riled someone up! Th…
Sparty On !!!
6 April 2009
My original idea was to look up the lean manufacturing content that both Michigan State and the University of North Carolina offer their business scho…
A Plague On Both Your Houses
3 April 2009
On April 26, 1995, a plane flying over the Cincinnati Reds opening day baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Riverfront Stadium towed a banner tha…