Regular reader know that I like Tim Ferris' book, The Four Hour Workweek. The productivity aspects of lean dovetail perfectly with the concepts h…

Guest author today is Cash Powell, Jr. of the University of Dayton's Center for Competitive Change. ----- When Orrie Fiume, then Executive Vice P…

Over the past week or two I've written a couple of postson the bailout (ok, "loan") that the Detroit Three automakers are asking from Co…

I enjoy traveling, although the past week in Switzerland and France has been rather grueling.  One of the aspects I like most is seeing how cultures a…

Regular readers know that I often conjure up some lean thoughts, albeit sometimes nebulous, from my travels.  Take Italy, Argentina, and Chile for exa…

Time has value.  Those of us in the manufacturing world are distinctly aware of this as we deal daily with production schedules, output, and cycle tim…

I often liken regulations, especially those that purport to create some form of social engineering, to balloons.  You artificially distort the balloon…

The latest Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting review of the book Globality: Competing With Everyone From Everywhere for Everything. If business is…