There's a guy in Los Angeles (where else?) that's undertaking a bit of a strange project in order to change his impact on the environment. Lo…

Sweden is often referred to as an economic nirvana, where government-sponsored social support systems coexist successfully with the free market, albei…

I keep an e-folder of companies that have made the news thanks to some type of lean manufacturing or lean enterprise connection.  Most of these storie…

Over the past several weeks we've taken the "Detroit 3" auto companies to task for requesting taxpayer bailouts (sorry... "loans&qu…

Ok, admit it.  How reliant are you on your Blackberry, iPhone, Treo, or other PDA smartphone?  Do you take advantage of every free moment to check for…

Evolving Excellence has the honor to be the host for this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival.  A sampling of interesting posts over the pa…

The $700 billion bailout (err.. "rescue plan") just failed to win approval in Congress, with substantial numbers of both Democrats and Repub…

A recent Wharton article discusses how western companies are dealing with a global talent crunch. Faced with an aging workforce and a growing demand…