Dig Deeper to Find a Better Solution
8 July 2011
So what does a typical city do when commuter trains and buses reach capacity? Add more capacity of course - unless you're broke. But perhaps there…
McDonald's and the Value of Employees
26 June 2011
Yesterday I came across a video created by McDonald's in the UK that attempts to demonstrate the value of being a McDonald's employee - and re…
Creating Value from Downtime
25 June 2011
We've talked about Tesco before - how they are destroying the idea that economies of scale are important and are instead focusing on creating valu…
Fun With Statistics - The Gender Ratio and Chinese Demand for US Treasuries
18 June 2011
In this edition of Fun With Statistics we explore the gender ratio and a couple of surprising impacts. This morning's Wall Street Journal had a re…
Knowingly Jumping Off a Cliff
15 June 2011
The Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on the U.S. Postal Service a couple weeks ago was a real stunner - filled with so many juicy tidbits that it to…
The Character of a Weiner
9 June 2011
I wasn't planning on wading into this whole Representative Anthony Weiner fiasco but the rationalization by his apologists has just gone too far.…
Back - But Not Quite Rested
8 June 2011
I've been a little quiet on this blog lately - sorry about that. Basically I've been tied up with training for a marathon. Seriously. For abo…
Humility, Respect, and... Ignorance
31 May 2011
One of my favorite topics, and passions, is the second pillar of lean: respect for people. I am completely convinced that the reason most lean initiat…