While it seems perfectly clear to me, sometimes folks have a difficult time connecting the dots when I rail against Wall Street, the outsourcers, the…

I was thrilled this morning when I learned that a banker, Muhammad Yunus, had unexpectedly won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.  He isn't just any ban…

Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…

It often seems that the full time challenge of parenting teenagers is fighting the role model wars.  Having raised both, I'm not sure which is wor…

Airbus and its parent company, EADS, are not really a manufacturing company.  Rather, they are a massive European welfare program that passes out payc…

It’s not every day that I agree with Tom Friedman, but his October 6th column on Big Ideas and No Boundaries is pretty much right on the money.  He ta…

Not all outsourcing from American manufacturing to Asia is the result of short sighted management or Wall Street insanity.  Some of it is the direct r…

Earlier this week I flew to the other coast to be remotely sequestered with five or six of the most influential people in the lean world. For a variet…