by BILL WADDELL It's not often that I disagree with Kevin, and when I do it is usually over a detail and I let it pass - keep up a unified front…

By Kevin Meyer Great article in Slate of all places on YKK - you know, that zipper company you've never heard of.  Maybe some of you have seen th…

By Kevin Meyer As one of the partners in Gemba Academy, online education is something I'm a bit interested in.  Of course the 230+ lean training…

by BILL WADDELL There is an interesting (but not surprising) post at the Economist YouGov on the results of a poll describing the priorities American…

By Kevin Meyer Probably the biggest hurdle for ops guys when they transition into general management roles is learning about sales, marketing, and es…

by BILL WADDELL In an interesting article from Bloomberg Businessweek, an investment outfit called Monomoy Capital Partners' kaizen hit team appr…

by BILL WADDELL I have been quite remiss in not writing about Karl Wadensten in all my years of writing for Evolving Excellence.  You can't truly…

By Kevin Meyer It started off well.  I had high hopes.  An article in the April 21st The Economist (wow... reading the future!) on manufacturing in t…