Notes from the World Business Forum 2011
8 October 2011
Last week our entire executive team went out to New York City to attend the World Business Forum. There were nearly 4,000 attendees from 55 countries,…
Management Improvement Carnival #144
2 October 2011
Evolving Excellence is proud to host this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival. You can find past carnivals at the Curious Cat Management Im…
Thank You for Being a Failure
27 September 2011
Yesterday Sue Shellenbarger penned one of the best articles I've ever seen in The Wall Street Journal, and that's saying a lot. Those of us in…
10 Years Ago Today - on September 11th
11 September 2011
Yesterday I told you how ten years ago on September 10th was one of the most difficult - and transformative - days of my life. Yes, the day before Sep…
It Takes a Minority
5 August 2011
Those of us in the lean world often struggle with enabling a nascent lean transformation to take root in an organization. Now we may have one more con…
McDonald's and the Value of Employees
26 June 2011
Yesterday I came across a video created by McDonald's in the UK that attempts to demonstrate the value of being a McDonald's employee - and re…
The Character of a Weiner
9 June 2011
I wasn't planning on wading into this whole Representative Anthony Weiner fiasco but the rationalization by his apologists has just gone too far.…
Humility, Respect, and... Ignorance
31 May 2011
One of my favorite topics, and passions, is the second pillar of lean: respect for people. I am completely convinced that the reason most lean initiat…