Stickin' It To The Grandkids
8 May 2009
The fact that we are borrowing money from future generations and spending it like drunken sailors on shore leave is well documented. Less clearly know…
The Irrelevance of the Economists
6 May 2009
Several years back one of my sons played on a little league baseball team that happened to be losing 15 or 20 to nothing, which happened quite often w…
The Lean Gospel
4 May 2009
For several years I have been concerned with the question of why the big publicly traded companies find it so difficult - often impossible - to embrac…
5 Questions - Meet Lee Fried
4 May 2009
In this edition of 5 Questions we meet Lee Fried. ---------- 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are your current lean-oriented…
So Fair An Opportunity
1 May 2009
In 1864 some Union soldiers with mining experience dug a long tunnel and placed a huge cache of dynamite under the Confederate lines in front of Peter…
Murphy's Anti-Lean Law
27 April 2009
It can be very tempting to look upon the GM debacle with detachment - as some grand, distant auto/political thing that may be interesting, but has no…
5 Questions - Meet Mike Wroblewski
26 April 2009
In this week's edition of 5 Questions we meet Mike Wroblewski. ------- 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are your current…
Lean Is Bigger Than Any Of Us
23 April 2009
Several years ago I was part of a turnaround team at Cincinnati Microwave - the people that invented radar detectors. I worked with some great people,…