People & Culture

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 California came…

I just learned that Dave Hogg, one of my oldest friends and mentors in the lean world, has received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work…

It's college graduation season, so once again we get to listen to a bunch of commencement addresses by supposed dignitaries launching kids still r…

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

Over the last several years I've become fascinated with learning systems inside organizations. I've also found that the best leaders are gener…

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

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

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