Basic Excellence

By Kevin Meyer The New York Times created a deserved furor last week with their article describing how the U.S. supposedly can't compete with Chi…

By Kevin Meyer The last couple weeks have brought the story of yet another icon of business, Kodak, collapsing and filing for bankruptcy.  Yes, failu…

By Kevin Meyer It's that time of the year again when many mortals look back on the  year and basically say "crap I should have been able to…

By Kevin Meyer Don't worry folks, although the article I reference here is on regulation, my point is aimed at corporate policies and procedures…

By Kevin Meyer Bill's post on Steve Jobs earlier today drew quite a bit of response - from both sides.  Lots of supporting comments on the post i…

By Kevin Meyer It took a few minutes to dissect this positive tidbit of news yesterday: Simmons opening a new furniture upholstery facility in the U.…

By Kevin Meyer The climate change world is in a bit of a tizzy this week over the resignation of Dr. Ivar Giaever, a nobel laureate physicist current…

By Kevin Meyer One piece flow is a core concept of lean and thanks to its counterintuitive nature also one of the more difficult ones to embrace.  We…