Way back when I was doing the research for Rebirth of American Industry I came across the Henry Ford quote; "Profit is the inevitable conclusion…

In Simple Excellence Adam Zak and I wrote, "The simplest, leanest and best managed a company will ever be is in its infancy when senior managers…

A story in this morning's paper on our new San Luis Obispo sheriff, Ian Parkinson, begins with the following story: On a recent Saturday night,…

When asked about the death of his closest friend, attorney Joseph Choate, Mark Twain said that Choate had tried telling the truth for the first time i…

by BILL WADDELL As everyone pursuing the lean path has known for as along as they have been on the path, the heart of it all is eliminating waste - a…

In March of 2009 I, along with Jon Miller and Ron Pereira, launched Gemba Academy. We had no idea what to expect when the site first went live… initi…

We all know how easy it is to jump to the quick and easy conclusion that people are the cause of problems. We see it every day in every organization -…

This post is going to tick off a bunch of folks from both ends of the political spectrum, but there's a limit to how much centrist libertarians li…