Discovering the Value of People

12 September 2015

Big news in the business world: Wal-Mart is famous for keeping costs down, including employee-related costs. In Joplin, the company is testing a new…

Contextual Comparison

4 December 2012

By Kevin Meyer I love reading The Wall Street Journal on the iPad.  More than any other newspaper or magazine, the WSJ got it right in terms of funct…

The Opportunity of the Gemba

3 June 2012

By Kevin Meyer An article on CNN this morning gave me some pause: Fareed Zakaria wondering whether Russia should move its capital from Moscow to Vlad…