Beyond Manufacturing

I'm asking for it by writing this post.  I know I'll regret it, but I need to brag and tempt fate a bit. There have been a multitude of stori…

Jim Womack, founder of the Lean Enterprise Instituteand the man responsible for putting Lean on the map (at least in this country), recently wrote an…

I guess I've been lucky.  I've flown maybe twenty segments over the last couple months and every one of them has been within ten minutes of sc…

On December 27th the world was shocked by the news of the assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto.  A powerful woman leader, controversial in t…

Two years ago I wrote about how lean manufacturing concepts can be applied to the home, and suggested some New Year's resolutions.  From 5S to inv…

Last year I wrote about my experience with driving in Italy. When most Americans visit Europe, and especially Italy, one of their first observations…

Over the past couple decades there has been increasing scrutiny on the fundraising and especially fund usage of charitable organizations. The past fe…

(Note: this is a copy of a post I just put up on my own blog.  For more goodies on the lean approach to managing email and information, and how to cre…