The Simple Leader: A Short History of Lean
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen To many people, Lean manufacturing was i…
The Simple Leader: Observe the Now
This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen You can observe a lot by just watching.…
Back to the Beginning with Ohno, Suzuki, and Yoda
As I was researching the remarkable similarities between Lean and Zen for my book, The Simple Leader, one of the most interesting - and meaningful - w…
Slow... or Just Observant?
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…
The Mindful Ohno
Mindfulness has become all the rage in personal and professional leadership these days, which is good and bad. Understood and done right, it is a very…
Data, Facts, and Truth
By Kevin Meyer I've been observing the growing love affair with "big data" with increasing skepticism, and perhaps even worry. Long-ti…