Dr Deming, I Feel Your Pain
21 July 2012
by BILL WADDELL I don't for a minute pretend to compare myself with the great Dr. W Edwards Deming; far from it; rather, like most lean practicia…
Take Another Path
14 July 2012
by BILL WADDELL Today I had the chance to visit St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland - don't worry, I'm not about to preach religion, just…
My Favorite Founder
4 July 2012
by BILL WADDELL Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, Revolutionary War soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of our first Constitutiona…
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
2 July 2012
by BILL WADDELL Justice Roberts cast the deciding vote making Obamacare the law of the land. His logic was largely that it is nothing more than a ta…
Lot's of Stuff Going On
29 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL So much going on ... so little time to write about it ... Good for People - Good for Business Great article in the New Zealand Hera…
The Management Myth
28 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL In The Puritan Gift the Hopper boys do a great job of explaining the origins of business schools and the increasingly obvious folly o…
Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Welders
19 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL A few years ago in researching Rebirth of American Industry I read Alfred Sloan's books and articles in an attempt to understand…
Begging for Lean Thinking
14 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL I don't plan this stuff - it just happens, but this seems to be airline lean week. Any doubt about how badly the airlines need…