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…

Last week our entire executive team went out to New York City to attend the World Business Forum. There were nearly 4,000 attendees from 55 countries,…

Bob Emiliani runs a weekly ad on Mark Graban's Lean Blog to promote his great series of lean leadership books, each one a parody of someone in the…

Welcome to the Top of the Curve In 2009 I wrote a piece called "Pop Goes China", pointing out that Chinese costs were heading in the wrong…

Bob Emiliani is one of those guys who enjoys well-deserved lean wizard status. He is an experienced lean practicianer, an author, a professor and most…

At the risk of creating another firestorm from the paranoid lemmings who blindly equate asking a question with being in denial, I came across another…

Evolving Excellence is proud to host this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival. You can find past carnivals at the Curious Cat Management Im…

In most companies, people are hired by Human Resources according to criteria and policies set by HR and senior management - education requirements, ba…