Bill Waddell

One of the great social myths is the inherent gift kids have for understanding technology.  Young people are said to have a natural talent for working…

Lean manufacturing is an economic business model - not a religion, not a moral crusade, and not a social cause.  Treating people decently, with respec…

A few days ago Kevin wrote a piece about competition, making the point that any company that thinks it can follow the same old manufacturing practices…

There is a lot of good lean material out there you can get your hands on for free, so I thought it was about time I used the power of the blog to spre…

I blatantly stole this from someone named Joseph who posted it on MySpace because it is too good to stay hidden on MySpace.  Thanks, Joseph, whoever y…

There is a fine post on the Lean Blog exhorting senior managers to work closely with the middle management folks to assure that they are effectively c…

Since everyone else is making money writing books on leadership, I figure I ought to get in on the gravy train too, so I am starting to compile my own…

My email inbox was clogged again today with a meaningless lean debate.  We do an awful lot of that in the manufacturing community.  We argue over whet…