Beyond Manufacturing

Jim Womack, founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute and 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 sch…

On December 27th the world was shocked by the news of the assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto. A powerful woman leader, controversial in th…

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 inve…

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 crea…

Several of us stayed at the Chicago Hilton last week while at the AME Annual Conference and I believe we were all impressed with the level of service.…