The Folly Of Automating Waste
23 July 2006
There is more lean nonsense floating around, this under the heading "Aviation Company Soars With 'Lean' HR". The gist of the articl…
Where's Ralph?
22 July 2006
Telecommuting and the virtual office have been around for many years. Oftentimes the barriers to implementing telecommuting are managers so short-sigh…
You Do The Math
20 July 2006
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…
What? No Whining?
19 July 2006
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…
Lean and Green
18 July 2006
Organic cucumbers, vegetarians, global warming... and lean manufacturing. An unlikely combination? Not in the latest issue of Grist Magazine, which…
Where Did I Put That Crystal Ball?
15 July 2006
I was going through some old files earlier today and came across a letter to the editor from yours truly that was published in Business Week... on Oct…
Painting NAM Into A Corner
15 July 2006
Kevin recently wrote on the schism opening up at NAM and he quite accurately pointed out that neither side grasped the fundamental issues they must fa…
Forget Six Sigma, Just Innovate!
11 July 2006
CNN/Fortune (not to be confused with CNN/Business2.0, CNN/Money, CNN/Time... apparently CNN doesn't do original content anymore) has an online art…