As if we needed another reason why the government should stick to the very limited activities defined in the constitution while leaving everything els…

I've long been fascinated by visual representations of data - perhaps one of the reasons I prefer whiteboards to computerized data. Wired recently…

In offices and conference rooms all over the world the annual blind soduko competition has begun. Any fool can play a regular game of sudoku. But blin…

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 flow perspective.…

Back when England was in the empire building mode, colonizing the world, the idea was not to control all the people in the colonies so much as it was…

In the last month or so I have worked with three different manufacturers who (1) figured out that the essence of lean is accelerating flow, and (2) pr…

Well the elections have come and mostly gone. Somewhat interesting to watch, but I'll reserve any commentary except to say that living in a state…

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 anything but clear…