The Sticky Matter of Ethics
22 June 2009
The Federal Trade Commission is going after bloggers to compel them to disclose any value they receive from companies for endorsing their products, wh…
Another Day, Another Czar
29 May 2009
Earlier this year I started to ponder the sudden propensity of our new administration to create czars... ostensibly in a democracy no less. Every t…
Ford vs. The Taxpayer
26 April 2009
If ever there was a demonstration of the absurdity of government playing in business, the drama unfolding with Ford and the government-funded automake…
Skin in the Game
18 April 2009
A couple of recent articles on taxes and health care reminded me how important it is to create "skin in the game" for stakeholders. The tax…
Thus Sayeth Warren
6 April 2009
A couple days ago I received my annual report from Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's acquisition monster. As Bill mentioned about a month ago,…
Quick! Find Yahoo's Value Stream!
4 April 2009
Leanophiles know that all organizations have value streams... the sequence of operations that creates value, and generally some tag-along waste, for t…
Taking the "Gen" out of "Genchi Genbutsu"
30 March 2009
Well, GM is in the news again, this time for refusing to cancel its program that gives a company car and company-paid gas for about 8,000 white-collar…
The Battle for Lean
2 March 2009
I recently came across a news article on how Fort Dodge, Iowa, population 27,000, has decided to dive into lean government. There were a lot of good p…