It's been a bit over eighteen months since I went on the Gemba Research Japan Kaikaku Experience, where I visited four companies to learn about th…

Most students of lean know that Toyota gives much of the credit for their manufacturing approach to Henry Ford, and for very good reason. Ford's T…

There is a fundamental lesson to be learned from the BP debacle in the Gulf of Mexico - that management rules - not culture or leadership. BP boss Ton…

A healthy backlog can be a comforting feeling. Boeing and Airbus rejoice in having backlogs over a decade long. I used to work for a telecom equipment…

In looking over the landscape for blog fodder I came across an article written by a guy named Paul Krugman in the New York Times that had nothing to d…

Just in time for a slow Sunday comes a story via one of my favorite e-zines, Reason, telling us about the problems that progress sometimes faces. Even…

I've long known that face-to-face conversations can be very valuable, especially when you're trying to read emotion and inflection to convince…

Our intrepid leader is at the G-20 Summit of the world's economic leaders this weekend, and it seems as though he is having a tough time getting a…