Looking At The Wrong Skills Gap
14 March 2006
The scolding I gave the antagonists last week in their people argument set me to doing a little research in the people area, and every time I look int…
Reflections On Six Sigma In Sin City
13 March 2006
The last week in Las Vegas at the Lean Six Sigma conference was confusing. I was there as the keynote speaker and I gave a few hundred quality expert…
Over-Powered Lean Healthcare
12 March 2006
Pretty much every guy feels the need to own a disgustingly over-powered set of wheels at least once during his lifetime. Perhaps before the kids and…
My, How Things Change!
11 March 2006
Five years ago life was pretty good. I had helped turn around a couple of medical device operations and had executed a rather successful turnaround o…
Investing in Shingo and Baldrige
10 March 2006
Most of us have heard the anecdote that "a majority of Baldrige Award winners have gone bankrupt." I don't know if that's true, but…
Lauren Gets It
9 March 2006
The February 20th issue of Rubber & Plastics News had a front-page article on the lean transformation at Lauren Manufacturing, a custom rubber ext…
People Issues - Part 2
6 March 2006
In response to a post a few days ago called "How About Multi-Skilled Managers?" two emotional responses were logged in almost immediately -…
People Issues - Part 1
4 March 2006
In response to a post a few days ago called "How About Multi-Skilled Managers?" two emotional responses were logged in almost immediately -…