Leadership & Execution

If you are too obsessed with success, you will forget to live. If you have learned only how to be a success, your life has probably been wasted. ― Tho…

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…

Well over a decade ago I created my first lean enterprise assessment, just as a tool to help me understand gaps in my organization.  I'm generally…

By Kevin Meyer The recent earthquake in Nepal has led me to reflect a bit on the importance of observation.  Just over a year ago my wife and I were…

By Kevin Meyer I recently came across the following TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie where she talks about the "danger of a single story.&qu…

By Kevin Meyer Humans tend to abhor chaos, and love to invoke rules to supposedly create order. We like rules because they make us feel protected, al…

My post a couple weeks ago on Gratitude, for Gratitude, generated a large number of responses.  Interestingly, most were private, commenting on both t…

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for learning the power of being thankful.  More than ever I am convinced it is the most powerful personal and professi…