by BILL WADDELL I am heading back to the land of kangaroos and koalas soon to partner for a couple of weeks with KAON Consulting and the State of Que…

By Kevin Meyer After being able to stay grounded the entire month of January, I made up for it in February by being on a plane practically every othe…

Our February 2010 escape to Dominica revealed why this lesser-known Caribbean island deserves its nickname as "The Nature Island." Unlike th…

by BILL WADDELL Some day someone will write a book about the thirty year battle between GM and Toyota to be the biggest that, like Otus and Ephialtes…

By BILL WADDELL Abraham Lincoln talked in parables quite often and one of his favorites was to ask someone, "If you call his tail a leg, how man…

By Kevin Meyer The last couple years have been tough for many organizations, and for some the downturn is continuing.  How you treat your knowledge a…

by BILL WADDELL More years ago than I care to admit I became a plant manager at the ripe age of 29 with a mandate to fix a serious safety problem.  I…

By BILL WADDELL After years of trashing Return On Investment - the DuPont ROI model, in particular - as a measure of manufacturing success, or as the…