El Paso Times – Bubble Busters say farewell Here’s what would otherwise be a nice story about employees working together on kaizen (continuous improvement). The team is being rewarded with a trip to Japan: “In December, the group, who call…
The Google Way: Give Engineers Room – New York Times I thought this was an interesting article about change management in a professional environment, Google. How do they implement change in the company? “…when the thing you really want to…
by Dan Markovitz Without realizing it, James B. Stewart, the SmartMoney columnist for the Wall Street Journal, touched on the value and power of hansei (reflection) in yesterday’s piece (available for free here). Commenting on the recent ouster of Merrill…
How GM Handles a Hit: Build Fewer – WSJ.comWelcome to new readers from the MoneyCentral MSN blog. To explore more about “Lean,” visit the main page of my blog or click on “What is Lean?” in the left column. The…
Merrill Lynch ousts CEO O’Neal – Boston.com I don’t pretend to know the first thing about investment banking other than it’s a lucrative career. I might get accused of kicking a guy while he’s down, but “retiring” investment CEO’s get…
B’s seek more offensive firepower – BostonHerald.com: Is the NHL starting to go back on their revolutionary uniforms that players started complaining about before the season? According to sources in the [Bruins] dressing room, Reebok has been unable to correct…
San Diego Business Journal I’ll assume the reporter misquoted the commanding officer and that he actually said “Theory of Constraints” (ala Goldratt) rather than the quoted “theory of restraints.” Kind of a funny misquoting, if that’s the case, in this…
The Lean Thinker » What Nukes? I had been mulling over trying to do a post on this story since the original story broke in August that some nuclear-armed cruise missiles were “accidentally” or “mistakenly” moved from one base in…
Here is a question from a Lean Blog reader, posted with permission. Here’s something to chew on with your Monday morning coffee. I’ll post some thoughts later, but what do you think? —————— The company president recently commanded that we…
This month marks a pretty significant milestone, 50 years since Toyota first started selling cars in the U.S. A collection of articles:Toyota marks 50 years in U.S. Dallas Morning News It’s important to keep in mind that Toyota was hardly…
Kaizen & the Art of Creative Thinking: Enna I just had a nice conversation with Norman Bodek, which I’ll be turning into a series of Podcast episodes as time allows. One exciting tidbit he shared with me is the publication…
Chambersburg Public Opinion – 150 years: TB Wood’s: Chambersburg’s oldest manufacturer: I don’t mean “too old” in terms of people, I mean for an “old company.” Here’s a story from Pennsylvania about a company that’s planning on being around for…