By Kevin Meyer Over the last several years I've become fascinated with learning systems inside organizations.  I've also found that the best…

by BILL WADDELL Things are starting to churn in China at a rate that should have American companies reaching into the files and pulling out the conti…

By Kevin Meyer What a couple weeks here at Evolving Excellence.  Discovering that Amazon's worker abuse is on par with Apple's, and even Bill…

by BILL WADDELL I recently had a chance to watch an edition of American Experience on PBS on the building of the Panama Canal.  While the show was la…

by BILL WADDELL When I read the Amazon article cited in Kevin's post yesterday I was reminded of Henry Ford's 'Peace Ship' debacle.…

By Kevin Meyer Take a look at the following quotes from an article on worker abuse.  I've purposely redacted the company and location identifying…

by BILL WADDELL I don't suffer from the illusion - the delusion - that anyone at Walmart or Amazon spends much time mapping value streams or &quo…

by BILL WADDELL Lean is a subset of profit improvement.  Everything about lean will enhance profits, but there are a lot of profit enhancing ideas an…