An article in today's Wall Street Journal made me think a bit about organizational scope creep. It takes twice as many firefighters to put out…

Just to put things in perspective - after all it is easy to get tangled up in all of the short term ups and downs and spin regarding the auto business…

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 turns to culture…

So the year is 2002. A team of designers and engineers shows their executives "a phone with a color touch screen set above a single button. The d…

I don't for a minute pretend to compare myself with the great Dr. W Edwards Deming; far from it; rather, like most lean practicianers I walk in hi…

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 want to work, and the…

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

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