"The largest cost in business is not labor, material, or overhead... it's unnecessary complexity." Who said that? I did. I use it almos…

I promise one of these days I'll get off the topic of this ridiculous bailout of the Detroit Three automakers, but there are so many lessons of le…

The post earlier this week on the proposed additional bailout of the Detroit Three generated the usual couple of emails suggesting I was a "right…

Note: Links to all of four Japan factory tour posts and the various lessons from those tours can be found here. One of the most memorable parts of my…

I've now been working at my stand up desk for a few days, a concept I brought back from my trip to Japan, and I'm loving it. Ok, I will admit…

I've received several requests to provide all of the links to posts on my recent Japan trip on one page, so here they are. I still have a few more…

Last month I wrote what I thought would be the last post on bailing out the Detroit Three automakers. I should have known better, especially after las…

Take a look at the bottle on the right. Everyone's seen Crystal Geyser before, right? Take a closer look. See anything different? Yes, there'…