I blatantly stole this from someone named Joseph who posted it on MySpace because it is too good to stay hidden on MySpace.  Thanks, Joseph, whoever y…

There is a fine post on the Lean Blog exhorting senior managers to work closely with the middle management folks to assure that they are effectively c…

Since everyone else is making money writing books on leadership, I figure I ought to get in on the gravy train too, so I am starting to compile my own…

In general I agree with Bill’s perception of books and articles that try to analyze and stratify leadership by any number of criteria.  As he puts it,…

My email inbox was clogged again today with a meaningless lean debate.  We do an awful lot of that in the manufacturing community.  We argue over whet…

I am not so indiscreet as to actually post my wife's age on the Internet, but suffice to say she is over 25.  She is also a full time college stud…

After posting the recommendation that Army General Jim Pillsbury be assigned to a new job called 'Manufacturing Czar' I was stunned to read in…

If the Wall Street Journal can be believed, Toyota, Honda and Nissan are about to outdo Coke's 1985 debacle in the annals of business stupidity.…