A Violinist in the Bronx
23 May 2008
Last evening, on one of those rare occasions where I was forced to watch TV, I was flipping through the channels and came across CNBC's The Big Id…
A Trifecta of Good Letters
22 May 2008
The letters to the editor in the Wall Street Journal are generally a good read, but rarely do all of them on a given day contain some gems of wisdom.…
But Can GM's Robots Conduct?
21 May 2008
A couple years ago we commented on an advertisement for General Motors during the Super Bowl. To very briefly describe the script, a line full of rob…
Evolutionary Economics: Focus on the Customer
20 May 2008
I recently came across this article on "evolutionary economics" and was immediately skeptical. Generally such concepts the result of yet ano…
Dov's Short Elevator Trip
19 May 2008
Dov Charney's American Apparel has long been one of our favorite companies. Here's a guy who has figured out how to profitably manufacture low…
Motorola Kills the Future
18 May 2008
Motorola used to be the marvel of six sigma success. Now that once admired company is in a world of hurt. The Schaumburg, Ill., equipment maker has b…
A Lean Approach to Poverty
17 May 2008
Karen Wilhelm over at Lean Reflections had a great post on Saturday discussing Paul Polak's book Out of Poverty. I always enjoy Karen's though…
Alan Garcia Sees the Right
16 May 2008
This doesn't have much to do directly with lean manufacturing, but I often use Fridays to blather about other topics I find personally interesting…