Every product has its life cycle, most of them not too terribly long. It seems to be a human reality that not too many people are good at taking a cle…

Our October 2011 journey through India's Golden Triangle and Singapore created an unforgettable contrast between ancient civilizations and cutting…

As regular readers know, I'm currently traveling in India for a couple weeks. Some business, some pleasure. Today I'm in Jaipur, the pink city…

Just a quick note to let our loyal readers know that both of your humble Evolving Excellence writers will be traveling over the next couple weeks - I&…

A hallmark characteristic of GM, Ford, and Chrysler was and for the most part still is their propensity to try to bash suppliers into submission on pr…

The Post Office cost structure is pretty much all fixed. Buildings, labor, trucks with steering wheels on the wrong side, fuel, and maintaining bullet…

Bill's post on Steve Jobs earlier today drew quite a bit of response - from both sides. Lots of supporting comments on the post itself, lots of em…

I once heard Bob Chapman of Barry-Wehmiller say that when the time comes to write our obituaries few will care how profitable we were or how much mone…