Strategy Is For Amateurs
19 June 2006
American manufacturing has thrived for a mighty long time by standing on the shoulders of some incredible civil engineering. Not a whole lot of people…
The Innovator's Folly 5 - The Bottom Line
19 June 2006
While the mass producers who are agog about innovation are right in line with the hare in the old 'Tortoise and the Hare' parable, lean manufa…
The Innovator's Folly 4 - Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Profitability
18 June 2006
Bob Lutz and Mark Fields have talked loud and often about the urgent need to create exciting, innovative products. GM will be saved when Lutz comes up…
The Innovator's Folly 3 - Darwin Style
18 June 2006
I learned innovation's proper perspective when I had the privilege of translating Hiroyuki Hirano's book, JIT Is Flow, from the crude Jangales…
Hey Joe, Ponga Su Cheesesteak Donde El Sol No Brilla, Por Favor
17 June 2006
I imagine just about everyone has heard of the guy in Philadelphia who put the sign in his cheesesteak joint saying, "This is America. When order…
The Innovator's Folly 2 - Playing The Long Shot
17 June 2006
As you are reading this, at least six academics and a dozen consultants are probably writing up case studies and white papers on the body shop's &…
The Innovator's Folly 1 - Reinventing The Wheel
17 June 2006
There's a guy named Giarrizzo running a chain of body shops in Cleveland who is taking them nationwide and hopes to patent lean manufacturing - he…
Don't Sweat It, Just Stay Lean
15 June 2006
There is quite a big stink being made over a story that first appeared in the London Mail on Sunday newspaper and is now available online. The charge…