Schwarzenegger Leadership
26 October 2007
Two years ago we wrote a post contrasting the leadership, planning, and execution associated with 9/11 and Katrina. On 9/11, 9/11 was an event unlike…
AME Conference Next Week
25 October 2007
The annual conference of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence is in Chicago next week. This is the largest lean conference in the world, and o…
Fun With Statistics, Elderly Edition
23 October 2007
In this edition of Fun With Statistics we take a look at the effect of a point of reference on data. How old are you? Do you feel old? How is that rel…
Mish Mash of This 'n That
22 October 2007
The Wall Street Journal often has some thought-provoking articles. Occasionally some are truly lean-oriented, but most of the time they may slightly t…
County Envy
21 October 2007
Many companies use "sales per employee" or "customers per employee" as measures of productivity and efficiency. I've often wo…
Manufacturing News, Fair & Balanced?
20 October 2007
The latest issue of Manufacturing News is filled with the usual supposed doom and gloom of U.S.-based manufacturing, with one notable exception. We…
Fun With Statistics, Great White North Edition
18 October 2007
Those of you that watched the often mind numbing Republican debate last week were treated to at least one great line, when Rudy Giuliani said: And I…
Invisible Competitors
17 October 2007
Tyler Cowen over at Marginal Revolution has an interesting post regarding an article he penned for the Wilson Quarterly. The piece looks at how peopl…