Numbers versus Information

28 September 2011

I had breakfast with a team of folks from one of the big enterprise software outfits while I was at the Lean Accounting Summit - they got to pick my b…

The Bookless Bookstore

23 September 2011

Many years ago Bill and I authored the Evolving Excellence book which was basically a collection of some our favorite early blog posts. To simplify th…

The Elusive Value Thing

22 September 2011

Yesterday's post on breaking non-value adding costs out on the P&L drew a couple of the questions and opinions that can be expected when the i…

Changing the Discussion

21 September 2011

Spending last week at the Lean Accounting Summit probably made me a bit over-sensitive to the subject, but coming across a story about the Department…

Thou Shalt Not Question

19 September 2011

The climate change world is in a bit of a tizzy this week over the resignation of Dr. Ivar Giaever, a nobel laureate physicist currently teaching at m…

A 5S Checklist

19 September 2011

Over the years I have been known to badmouth typical approaches to 5S as a glorified housekeeping exercise - getting lean without doing any of the har…