Aging Spaghetti
1 December 2008
My wife and I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with my mother in-law in Michigan. Observing her over the last few years has made me think how lean manuf…
A Lean Mid-Life Crisis?
27 November 2008
A week or so ago our fellow blogger Mark at the Lean Blog celebrated a milestone birthday. I was a bit surprised at his age; for such a young pup he&…
Stop Watching "Lost"
11 October 2008
A hat tip to Ron at Lean Six Sigma Academy for the following video of Gary Vaynerchuk delivering a keynote address at the Web 2.0 conference in New Yo…
Management Improvement Carnival #44
30 September 2008
Evolving Excellence has the honor to be the host for this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival. A sampling of interesting posts over the pa…
Lean Thoughts From Geneva
12 September 2008
Regular readers know that I often conjure up some lean thoughts, albeit sometimes nebulous, from my travels. Take Italy, Argentina, and Chile for exa…
The Curse of Global Solitaire
5 September 2008
As you're reading this I'm probably in the air on my way to Switzerland for a week of business. Yes, I know that's a tough assignment. I…
Another Perspective on Change
23 August 2008
Change change change. How often do we hear that these days? From a lean perspective we're focused on continuous improvement... another form of c…
The Fine Print Risk of Lean
16 August 2008
Is lean manufacturing risky? Perhaps, especially when it's implemented in a superficial manner. But Cisco apparently believes it is also one of…