People & Culture

By Kevin Meyer The other day I was talking to a couple execs at a local manufacturing company, and the usual topic of the evils of doing business in…

By Kevin Meyer I just learned that Dave Hogg, one of my oldest friends and mentors in the lean world, has received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Me…

By Kevin Meyer It's college graduation season, so once again we get to listen to a bunch of commencement addresses by supposed dignitaries launch…

By Kevin Meyer It started off well.  I had high hopes.  An article in the April 21st The Economist (wow... reading the future!) on manufacturing in t…

By Kevin Meyer Over the last several years I've become fascinated with learning systems inside organizations.  I've also found that the best…

By Kevin Meyer What a couple weeks here at Evolving Excellence.  Discovering that Amazon's worker abuse is on par with Apple's, and even Bill…

By Kevin Meyer Take a look at the following quotes from an article on worker abuse.  I've purposely redacted the company and location identifying…

By Kevin Meyer Regular readers know that the "respect for people" pillar of lean is particularly important to me - in fact I consider it to…