Rush Rush Rush... Fix Fix Fix
25 March 2010
It has started even sooner than I expected. In this new era of supposed transparency and deliberation - at least that's what was promised - the ov…
Eisenhower Channels Lean
19 March 2010
By Kevin Meyer Good article in the latest High Performance Manufacturing Consortium newsletter that maps some of President Eisenhower's quotes wi…
The Allure and Danger of Best Practices
8 March 2010
Today's Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on how some companies are using meeting rooms at other companies for offsite meetings, inst…
Taking Care of Knowledge During a Downturn
18 February 2010
By Kevin Meyer The last couple years have been tough for many organizations, and for some the downturn is continuing. How you treat your knowledge a…
Obvious and Underutilized
16 February 2010
Imagine my surprise when an article at the Harvard Business Review of all rags discussed poka yoke. Imagine my further surprise when I found it to be…
Andons and Problems at NUMMI
11 February 2010
Interesting article by John Shook in the latest MIT Sloan Review on the culture at NUMMI. The GM-Toyota joint venture let Toyota experiment with apply…
Toyota's Shop Floor Still Remembers
8 February 2010
While Toyota executives are scurrying around having lost their way, the employees at their factories are doing what Toyota does best: improving. For…
Zappos and the Fallacy of Best Practices
31 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer Companies love to spend gobs of money going on treasure hunts to find new best practices. Tours of great companies, workshops by supp…