The Conundrum of Executive Pay
29 January 2009
Executive pay, especially so-called "excessive" executive pay, is once again getting quite a bit of press. Companies that receive bailout fu…
The $1 Trillion Lean Health Care Opportunity
28 January 2009
Pretty stunning figure, eh? Also pretty easy to achieve, if we just think very slightly out of the box and make a commitment. Most people continue to…
Beware of Service Creep
27 January 2009
Over the past several years we've been pounding on Detroit for building absurd amounts of excess capacity, often in response to how a "sale&q…
The Impact of Mean Visuals
25 January 2009
Those of us in the lean world know the power of visual controls to convey information, metrics, and methods. But can the design of the visual control…
Stop the Fake Sales Already
22 January 2009
A short blurb in yesterday's Wall Street Journal tweaked my sensibilities yet again. Health-care giant Johnson & Johnson braced investors for…
Boeing Abandons the Hollywood Model
21 January 2009
We've talked a lot about Boeing over the last few years, from deriding the supply chain convolutions that created the need for Rube Goldberg contr…
Even 3rd Graders Get Leadership
20 January 2009
Consultants, analysts, academes, and pretty much every assorted pontificating polemic seem to spend countless hours trying to dissect that beast calle…
Microtransfers at American Apparel
19 January 2009
The last few months have been very tough for many companies, especially those in the consumer retail space. You would think a company that has to comp…