by BILL WADDELL This is not a post about gay marriage.  It is a post about whether principles matter - they do. In my lean seminars when the subject…

By Kevin Meyer So the year is 2002.  A team of designers and engineers shows their executives "a phone with a color touch screen set above a sin…

by BILL WADDELL I don't for a minute pretend to compare myself with the great Dr. W Edwards Deming; far from it; rather, like most lean practicia…

By Kevin Meyer Before I begin, let me be clear.  I love Apple products, and I own a plethora of them.  The design is incredible, they work like I wan…

by BILL WADDELL Today I had the chance to visit St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland - don't worry, I'm not about to preach religion, just…

By Kevin Meyer A good friend of mine recently sent me a photo of what his team found while cleaning one of their production areas: Yes, that'…

By Kevin Meyer Something that annoys me to no end is when I read articles lauding Apple's supposedly amazingly fantastical supply chain.  Really?…

by BILL WADDELL Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, Revolutionary War soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of our first Constitutiona…