Andy Wagner
Andy Wagner works for a major aerospace company. Andy blogged here regularly from 2007 to 2010 and still contributes occasionally.
What GE’s Forgotten “Blue Books” Reveal About Stewardship, Leadership, and Long-Term...
tl;dr: GE's 1950s "Blue Books," created by Peter Drucker for CEO Ralph Cordiner, promoted stewardship, shared responsibility to stakeholders, and mature leadership. These ideas...
America’s Oldest Bike Company Could Use Lean Manufacturing to Remain the...
Mark's Note: Today's post is by Andy Wagner, who contributed regularly to this blog from 2007 to 2010. This CNN video caught his eye...
Guest Post: What It Means
Mark's Note: Here's part 4 of a series by our guest blogger, Andy Wagner. Start reading with Part 1 here.
"What lies behind us...
Guest Post: Lean Starts at Home
Mark's Note: Here's part 3 of a series by our guest blogger, Andy Wagner - a series that started here.
Many of us work in...
Guest Post: Not Putting Out Fires
Mark's note: One more guest post, Andy Wagner following up his recent guest post, "Being the Change."
Each morning at work the day starts...
Guest Post: Being the Change
Mark's note: Today, I'm happy to welcome back an old Lean Blog contributor, Andy Wagner. He takes a more personal turn here than most...
Is Ford’s Resurgence Due to a Less Blame-y Culture Under Alan...
Mark's note: It's great to welcome Andy Wagner back to the blog. Read his older posts here.
General Motors, Chrysler, and Toyota have been dominating...
Shop Class as Soulcraft
By Andy Wagner:
The New York Times recently published an essay by Matthew Crawford, based on his new book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry...
Saving the Most L.A.M.E Day Ever
By Andy Wagner:This summer, I am supervising three interns. The first week one of them asked what "lean six sigma" was about. ...
Where Would I Be Without Lean?
By Andy Wagner:I've been in industry for a little over ten years now, reading and thinking about lean for at least seven. ...
Lean or LAME at Boeing?
By Andrew Wagner:
My wife, the resident space geek, turned me in the direction of this Boeing Press Release on their new lean "pulse line"...
The "LAME" Cargo Cult and Lean
I stumbled across a piece Richard Feynman spoke some time ago about "Cargo Cult Science" and couldn't help but extend the analogy to "Cargo...
