Thank You
25 May 2008
We talk a lot about leadership and courage on this blog. Today we're reminded that there's a whole other level of those traits. Where leader…
A Lean Approach to Poverty
17 May 2008
Karen Wilhelm over at Lean Reflections had a great post on Saturday discussing Paul Polak's book Out of Poverty. I always enjoy Karen's thoug…
Why... Do We Return?
15 May 2008
Retailers are getting fed up with increasing return rates for their products. Widescreen TV's bought just for the Super Bowl and then returned.…
Costco vs. the Lean Corner Store
27 April 2008
A while back I somehow ended up with a Costco card, but I have never used it. I don't necessarily have anything against the store, it's just…
Is Microfinance Lean?
16 April 2008
Regular readers know we've been very interested in the opportunity created by microloans and microfinance. We've even funded a microloan acco…
Last Year a Day, This Year 30 Minutes
23 March 2008
Regular readers may recall that last July a combination of several factors drove me to take a last minute vacation to Maui. Actually not quite last m…
Standard Work, Safety, and Audits
21 March 2008
One of the problems we consistently run into in our factories is the deviation from standard work by our equipment technicians. I don’t think the prob…
Mass Customization in Pharma
15 March 2008
The latest Knowledge@Wharton has an interview with Sidney Taurel, outgoing CEO of Eli Lilly. In it he describes some rather dramatic and fundamental…