Lean Meets ISO... Only in California
4 December 2008
California can be an odd place where odd things happen. And so it was the other day when I came across the following in a nearby parking lot. Nice ca…
4 December 2008
California can be an odd place where odd things happen. And so it was the other day when I came across the following in a nearby parking lot. Nice ca…
2 December 2008
To many managers, possibly even leaders, people are just numbers and data and costs. Until you are forced to come to the realization that they are...…
1 December 2008
My wife and I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with my mother in-law in Michigan. Observing her over the last few years has made me think how lean manuf…
30 November 2008
One stark difference between great leaders and pathetic leaders is the acceptance of personal accountability. Some of it is cultural; for example whil…
27 November 2008
A week or so ago our fellow blogger Mark at the Lean Blog celebrated a milestone birthday. I was a bit surprised at his age; for such a young pup he…
26 November 2008
Coincidentally while I was winging my way to Japan a few days ago, fellow lean blogger Mark Graban wrote an interesting piece on technology and poka y…
25 November 2008
A couple years ago an email joke was making the rounds. It was amusing, but forgettable like most such things. A friend of mine recently remembered…
24 November 2008
You got to love when a complex industry is forced to become even more complex. Government regulators are expected soon to overhaul the aging coding…