by BILL WADDELL "Think simple as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to firs…

by BILL WADDELL Twenty four years ago I took on my first kaizen event at a Copeland plant in North Carolina.  We didn't know it was to be called…

By Kevin Meyer I just learned that Dave Hogg, one of my oldest friends and mentors in the lean world, has received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Me…

by BILL WADDELL So much for Al Gore inventing the Internet.  Check this out from 1934: Original: http://idatix.com/manufacturing-leadership/most-inn…

By Kevin Meyer In his piece yesterday on A New Ball Game, Bill actually beat me to the punch a bit on the sordid story of American Apparel.  I've…

by BILL WADDELL I read an article the other day describing Macy's strategy to blur the lines between stores and distribution centers.  They are k…

By Kevin Meyer An article on CNN this morning gave me some pause: Fareed Zakaria wondering whether Russia should move its capital from Moscow to Vlad…

By Kevin Meyer Evolving Excellence is pleased to once again host the Management Improvement Carnival.  Blog posts of note from the last couple weeks…