People & Culture

Toyota calls it “lowering the water level.” Imagine a value stream or a production process as a river. Reducing the inventory in the process – “lower…

On my too-frequent flights to New York recently, I started reading Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. It's a trip up and down…

A hat tip to our friend Karen at Lean Reflections for pointing us to this article on how Ford CEO Alan Mulally is trying to change the company's e…

JP Rangaswami over at the Confused of Calcutta blog had an interesting post the other day on the dangers of the "inspection / repair culture.&quo…

Ever since my original post on Flights of Knowledge I have been receiving emails from people who wish to remain anonymous regarding other examples, as…

The furor surrounding executive pay usually centers on either the (gross) disconnect between performance and pay or the somewhat vaguer feeling that i…

Don Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek, one of my favorite blogs, had a post yesterday titled Creating Value. It is ostensibly an introduction to a new book…

Regular readers know that a recurring theme in this blog is the oft-forgotten "respect for people" pillar of lean manufacturing and the Toyo…