There's That Innovation Word Again...
26 July 2006
Apparently every serious business article these days must include the word "innovation". So I guess it's about time I wrote something se…
Listening to the Vocal Minority
25 July 2006
How much do you know about how employees view your improvement programs? I just came across some interesting links to Bill's post on Dell getting…
Where's Ralph?
22 July 2006
Telecommuting and the virtual office have been around for many years. Oftentimes the barriers to implementing telecommuting are managers so short-sigh…
What? No Whining?
19 July 2006
A couple days ago Jim Press, President of Toyota Motor North America, gave a talk to the National Press Club in Washington. He talked about the histor…
Lean and Green
18 July 2006
Organic cucumbers, vegetarians, global warming... and lean manufacturing. An unlikely combination? Not in the latest issue of Grist Magazine, which pr…
Where Did I Put That Crystal Ball?
15 July 2006
I was going through some old files earlier today and came across a letter to the editor from yours truly that was published in Business Week... on Oct…
Dr. Shigeo Shingo's P-Course and Contribution to TPS
15 July 2006
By Art Smalley This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Forget Six Sigma, Just Innovate!
11 July 2006
CNN/Fortune (not to be confused with CNN/Business2.0, CNN/Money, CNN/Time... apparently CNN doesn't do original content anymore) has an online art…