The Fortune list of the 100 best companies to work for includes Pella, a company I have mentioned as being pretty lean a few times over the last few m…

A week and a half ago, Kevin Meyer wrote a piece called "Are Employees Really Your Most Important Asset?" in which he expanded on some of th…

A veritable 'Who's Who' of great American thinkers who, well, think great things, I guess, got together in Washington a while back under t…

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…