An Off Day for the Always On
1 October 2008
Ok, admit it. How reliant are you on your Blackberry, iPhone, Treo, or other PDA smartphone? Do you take advantage of every free moment to check for…
Confronting the Global Talent Crunch
28 September 2008
A recent Wharton article discusses how western companies are dealing with a global talent crunch. Faced with an aging workforce and a growing demand…
Predictions from Employees
17 September 2008
We often say that organizations don't understand the true value of their employees and treat them as a simple pair of hands... instead of a source…
The Irish Could Learn From the Vietnamese
19 August 2008
Along comes a story about workers at a Nortel plant in Ireland going on strike every Monday. The Nortel telecoms plant at Monkstown in Newtownabbey w…
Get Small. Get Lean.
9 August 2008
An article in last Sunday's NYTimes addressed the value of corporations staying small. In contrast to the early days of the internet when "ge…
Saving By Just Asking
23 June 2008
Who says people are just a pair of hands that cost a certain number of bucks per hour? There's a reason why the lean world considers people to be…
Toyota Puts People First
16 June 2008
We've said it many times, "respect for people" is the most critical of the two major pillars of lean manufacturing. Forgetting this is…
Group Soak
2 June 2008
Cultural differences can be a beautiful thing. Or maybe not... it depends on your perspective. I was chatting with one of my customers today who men…