We often rail against the short-term perspective by traditional investors, especially when lean manufacturing transformations can take years.  Financi…

by BILL WADDELL More years ago than I care to admit, I was first trying to get my arms around what Toyota was doing - we knew it as JIT back in those…

Several months ago when the government decided to bail out incompetence and distort free market accountability for poor business decisions by effectiv…

A recent article in the LA Times reminded me of one of my posts from a couple years ago where I proposed that people should look for new homes with le…

Most of you know by now that Google is taking on Microsoft on sacred Microsoft turf... the Windows operating system.  Just as Microsoft is making a su…

by BILL WADDELL My last post warned against ignoring a 1980's idea - Eli Goldratt's Theory of Constraints.  You don't want to hang on to…

by BILL WADDELL Evolving Excellence is one thing, and my business practice is another.  The two are not connected.  Kevin Meyer, the founder and owne…

by BILL WADDELL I still remember the surge of pride and great sense of accomplishment I felt when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon…