Holiday Reading
8 December 2006
Many of us are looking forward to the holidays, or more specifically the week after Christmas, to catch up projects and perhaps do a little reading. T…
That 70's Fad Called Lean
5 December 2006
And we thought the opinion of management consultants in the U.S. was low. From across the pond comes an article in The Times on the evil of consultant…
Amazon's Long Public Haul
4 December 2006
Amazon has become something like a close friend to many of us who aren't particularly fond of the shopping experience. When they offered "Ama…
Hybrid Hypocrisy and Handouts
2 December 2006
Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute blog is a little upset at Toyota's Jim Press, believing he's asking for a handout from the U.S. government.…
Pushing Back the Supply Chain
2 December 2006
I wonder if some people understand the magnitude of the current unsold inventory of Big 3 cars. Before we dive into the story in today's Wall Stre…
A Waste of Good Air
1 December 2006
I know I'm going to get in trouble with this post, but it's Friday, the first of a new month, and in the crunch of the holiday season we need…
Myths and Rationalizations
29 November 2006
It seems that not a day goes by without some U.S. automaker policy wonk trying to rationalize why Japanese automakers are kicking U.S. automakers to t…
Blatherings on Success
28 November 2006
The December issue of Business 2.0 (not yet available online) has a section titled How to Succeed in 2007, where they asked "25 of the brightest…