Books

Just in time for summer, the Lean Enterprise Institute has published The Gold  Mine by Freddy and Michael Balle, an excellent novel on executing a le…

This is a little off-topic from our usual discussion of manufacturing excellence, but I just read an excellent book on the bizarre side of economic an…

Neil Gershenfeld has just written a very interesting book, Fab, on the upcoming "personal fabrication" revolution.  Basically his definition…

The core of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Enterprise is a constant vigilance for opportunities to reduce waste.  Although most of us focus on value stre…

I just finished reading The Power of Impossible Thinking by Jerry Wind and Colin Crook.  Really an eye-opener.  Drawing on the latest neuroscientific…

Malcolm Gladwell's new book, Blink, has made me ponder the role that intuitive quick decision-making plays in effective leadership. At the heart…

Bob Emiliani's Better Thinking, Better Results continues to be one of my favorite reads on creating enterprise excellence.  Oftentimes I'll st…