By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search: With apologies to the Mammas and the Pappas… If I really hate Mondays, will it kill me? Last Friday, on the 4th of July, Mark Graban blogged away about an article he’d seen…
Monday morning blues ‘are a myth’ – Science, News – The Independent I’m going to take a bit of a “blog holiday” this weekend, since it’s a holiday in the U.S. (I prefer to call it “Independence Day,” not the…
Heard a great comment today: “Suggestions are things somebody else should do. Ideas are things that I can do.” Maybe that is why Norman Bodek’s books and the others (The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen and Ideas Are Free:…
The Open Secret of Success: Financial Page: The New Yorker I’m not normally a reader of The New Yorker, but I thank Norman Bodek for pointing this out as we recorded a new podcast episode (to be released in a…
Fixing East-West clash challenging Prof. Jeffrey Liker keynoted a Lean event in Oklahoma and is quoted as saying: Maybe the cowboy and the samurai best illustrate the chasm between Eastern and Western corporate cultures, author Jeffrey Liker offered Thursday during…
Time is short for a full post, so here’s an effort to clean out the backlog and to give you some links to check out:Friend of the blog, Mike Thelen, has an article expanding upon the “Lean vs. LAME” construct:…
I got a question from a reader and Theory of Constraints fan: “One of the topics that I’m struggling with is the relationship between Kaizen and TOC. When Norman Bodek talks about the savings people have gotten through Kaizen, does…
A sampling of unsolicited quotes from readers: “I read your blog on a periodic basis, and enjoy your insights.” – Management Engineer/Planning (Hospital System, Utah) “I wanted to thank you for indirectly making a meeting with Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth possible.…
My wife is an Arizona State alumna, so we’re watching the annual Arizona St / Arizona rivalry football game (well, I’m watching it, she just cares if ASU wins… sort of). The sideline announcer just told a quick story about…
LeanBlog Podcast #32 – Norman Bodek in JapanIn his most recent Podcast interview, Norman made a comment that “ROI is killing America.” A listener posted a question about that and you can read Norman’s response here. “Too often in America…
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…
Goldman upgrades Dell on turnaround hopes Here’s another contrast between Toyota and Dell, particularly striking in context of my recent podcast with Norman Bodek: Dell shares rallied nearly 3 percent Monday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to “buy” from…
