Au Contraire, Kevin
7 May 2012
It's not often that I disagree with Kevin, and when I do it is usually over a detail and I let it pass - keep up a unified front and all that. Bu…
Right In The Lean Wheelhouse
30 April 2012
There is an interesting (but not surprising) post at the Economist YouGov on the results of a poll describing the priorities Americans have governing…
Lean In the Hands of the Forces of Evil
27 April 2012
In an interesting article from Bloomberg Businessweek, an investment outfit called Monomoy Capital Partners' kaizen hit team approach to obtaining…
Lean to the Extreme
20 April 2012
I have been quite remiss in not writing about Karl Wadensten in all my years of writing for Evolving Excellence. You can't truly be a center of th…
Off In Their Own World
19 April 2012
There is no big surprise that a couple of academics would write an article in 2010 reporting that extensive research had led them to the conclusion th…
China Nearing the Boiling Point
11 April 2012
Things are starting to churn in China at a rate that should have American companies reaching into the files and pulling out the contingencies plans ..…
Let History be the Judge
9 April 2012
I recently had a chance to watch an edition of American Experience on PBS on the building of the Panama Canal. While the show was largely complimentar…
One Dimensional Geniuses
5 April 2012
When I read the Amazon article cited in Kevin's post yesterday I was reminded of Henry Ford's 'Peace Ship' debacle. The disconnect bet…