WSJ.com – It’s Not Easy Being Lean Free version via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I was disappointed with a “Managing” column in the Wall Street Journal today, with the headline “It’s Not Easy Being Lean.” It starts with a premise that being “lean” means having few managerial layers between the shopfloor and the CEO. Steelmaker Nucor Corp. had long prided itself on having just three management layers separating the chief executive from the hourly workers pouring hot … Continue reading WSJ Blows It On Lean