Apparently every serious business article these days must include the word "innovation".  So I guess it's about time I wrote something s…

How much do you know about how employees view your improvement programs? I just came across some interesting links to Bill's post on Dell getting…

I came across a rather inane article not long ago in which some self-proclaimed expert on supplier development argued that companies should focus on h…

Interesting lean news continues to flow from the UK, and the latest eyebrow raiser is the assertion by the folks at a company called Preactor that lea…

There is more lean nonsense floating around, this under the heading "Aviation Company Soars With 'Lean' HR".  The gist of the articl…

Telecommuting and the virtual office have been around for many years. Oftentimes the barriers to implementing telecommuting are managers so short-sigh…

A couple of guys named William - Trudell and Carreira - recently wrote a new lean book called "Lean Six Sigma That Works" and, while I haven…

A couple days ago Jim Press, President of Toyota Motor North America, gave a talk to the National Press Club in Washington.  He talked about the histo…