Over the past few months Bill and I have written several posts on the difference between looking lean and truly being lean.  Most of the discussion be…

The holidays have been a busy time for all of us, but bloggers kept on posting.  Here we go again with some of our favorite lean and leadership posts.…

Jon Miller from Gemba Panta Rei and Karen Wilhelm from SME, a couple of very good lean thinkers and bloggers from whom I learn a lot, reacted to my &#…

What do you say we make a New Year's resolution - all of us in the lean community - that we (especially me) spend a lot more time in 2006 looking…

I'm sure I'm not unique in the world of lean manufacturing professionals in that I return from the office every evening and see lean opportuni…

The month of December should not come to a close without manufacturing folks across America taking a moment to raise a toast to Alexander Hamilton.  I…

How effective are you at juggling multiple tasks?  What is the effect of irrelevant tasks on value-added activities?    A hat tip to Management Craft…

"Employees are our most important asset." How many company value/vision/mission statements include that?  I would guess over 90%... of the…