Project Management by Sound Bite
3 April 2011
By Kevin Meyer Most of us decry the sound bite nation - brief burps of information on the news that do nothing to inform the masses about complex sit…
Embrace the Opportunity of Failure!
2 April 2011
By Kevin Meyer Most people and organizations abhor and outright fear failure. Why? Failure can create an impetus for improvement like no other even…
Math is not Real
1 April 2011
by BILL WADDELL Suppose I were to ask you to count the apples in your house and tell me the result. Seems like a simple enough proposition, but as s…
A Family Business
31 March 2011
by BILL WADDELL The other day I took a jab at managers who run purchasing guided by standard costs, describing how life might be if they were to run…
Radioactive Certifications of Waste
30 March 2011
By Kevin Meyer No I'm not talking about the plethora of silly lean certifications - regular readers know that I believe only one, the AME/SME/Shi…
Last Day of the 19 Lean Training DVD Promo
30 March 2011
Just a quick note that tomorrow, Thursday, March 31, is the last day to take advantage of Gemba Academy’s Free 19 DVDs promotion. Anyone that purchas…
Cost Accounting Is Not A Supply Chain Strategy
28 March 2011
by BILL WADDELL In my Supply Chain Risk 101 post last week Jim Fernandez asked a very good question - to wit, what if the stuff from the high risk pl…
The Times Are Certainly A-Changing
26 March 2011
by BILL WADDELL What would you get if you crossed the music of Bob Dylan with the brilliance of Tom "Management By Means" Johnson?…