by BILL WADDELL In offices and conference rooms all over the world the annual blind soduko competition has begun.  Any fool can play a regular game o…

By Kevin Meyer Over three years ago I wrote a short piece comparing the new Airbus A380 to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner from a batch vs. one piece f…

by BILL WADDELL Back when England was in the empire building mode, colonizing the world, the idea was not to control all the people in the colonies s…

by BILL WADDELL In the last month or so I have worked with three different manufacturers who (1) figured out that the essence of lean is accelerating…

By Kevin Meyer Well the elections have come and mostly gone.  Somewhat interesting to watch, but I'll reserve any commentary except to say that l…

by BILL WADDELL Today is without a doubt the foggiest, most chaotic election day in my longer-than-I care-to admit life.  Who to vote for and why is…

Gemba Academy has just launched a new 13 module video course called The Kaizen Way, which is part of The Complete Lean Package. In The Kaizen Way you…

by BILL WADDELL Transparency International has released their 2010 survey results rating the perceived level of corruption and general level of busin…