Who Really Matters
27 June 2006
CNN recently published a list they called the 50 People Who Matter Now. The 'professional' business community's love of fads, numbers game…
Bird Brained Strategy
24 June 2006
I love birds - especially the way they serve them at Subway and Boston Market. Live ones, however, are a different matter. If you stumbled onto this s…
Why Portugal?
23 June 2006
Part of the culture that drove the Aberdeen BAE Systems plant (United Defense while I was there) to become extraordinarily lean was the continual posi…
It's A Team Sport
22 June 2006
One sour aspect of the World Cup that is quite a bit like some professional sports in the U.S. is the tendency of many good players to lose sight of t…
Lego's One Trick Pony
21 June 2006
Hes a one trick pony One trick is all that horse can do He does one trick only Its the principal source of his revenue I believe Paul Simon was reall…
There Is No Lean Niche
20 June 2006
According to the Swindon Business News, "Manufacturers of items such as luxury jams, hand-built furniture and studio-quality home audio equipment…
IPod Sweatshop Update
19 June 2006
In the latest twist on the London Mail On Sunday article accusing Apple of making IPods in sweatshops in China, Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that ow…
As If This Weren't Bad Enough
19 June 2006
Just a couple of brief announcements ... As if my daily rantings and ramblings in Evolving Excellence weren't enough, the Lean Executive blog is…