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 and all that. Bu…

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 the initials on you…

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

There is an interesting (but not surprising) post at the Economist YouGov on the results of a poll describing the priorities Americans have governing…

Probably the biggest hurdle for ops guys when they transition into general management roles is learning about sales, marketing, and especially pricing…

In an interesting article from Bloomberg Businessweek, an investment outfit called Monomoy Capital Partners' kaizen hit team approach to obtaining…

I have been quite remiss in not writing about Karl Wadensten in all my years of writing for Evolving Excellence. You can't truly be a center of th…

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