The Idris Jala way A colleague of mine in the UK came back from a holiday in Borneo, talking about seeing the CEO of Malaysia Airlines on TV, talking about Toyota. How random is that? I can’t find the video…
Episode #43 of LeanBlog Podcast is a very special one. My guest is Mike Mickleright, writer, consultant, and performer — most interesting to me is his impersonation of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. As I wrote about before, I’ve seen his…
Video – Breaking News Videos from CNN.com Sort of a funny video (linked above) on CNN/Headline News about presidential candidates being “clueless” about what they’re seeing on the campaign trail and factory tours. The Headline News version (which I can’t…
You might recall that I posted back in January about a “Deming impersonator” who was presenting Thank to that post, I was contacted by Mike Micklewright, the creator and performer of the impersonator (in addition to being President of his…
Time to pick on UPS again (see the “UPS” link at the bottom of the post)… Has anyone else seen the UPS “whiteboard” ad (the ones with the annoying long-haired business-casual corporate hippie guy) that’s running during almost every NCAA…
By Jason Turgeon: Introductions: I’m Jason Turgeon, the newest addition to the Lean Blog team. Mark and I have had an email dialog going for a few months about the intersection of green and lean, and he’s invited me to…
New England Peptide Implements Lean Manufacturing Here is an article about what might seem like a very untraditional industry using Lean — biotech. It’s a favorite excuse in almost any industry to say “we’re different,” but those who want to…
This is compelling video (scroll down), radio and TV talk show host Glenn Beck, talking about his surgery gone “horribly awry” and how “phenomenally bad” his hospital care was (not sure what the procedure was, but it was planned and…
In the October 29, 2007 issue of FORTUNE, there is their weekly “How I Work” segment that profiles and/or glorifies an executive. This time it is Bobby Kotick, CEO of videogame maker Activision. They’ve evolved from Atari 2600 “tapes,” to…
With our Lean efforts, it’s always good to ask, are we: Copying Toyota’s past methods, Copying Toyota’s current methods OR Copying Toyota’s thought process and concepts If you’re a regular Lean Blog reader, you’ll know that I’d argue for doing…
Watching the news about the tragic bridge collapse in Minnesota, it’s easy to feel helpless, what can we do if something like that happens to us? The odds are very slim, but it *is* a possibility that any of us…
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy – IFILM I’m not sure where I heard the expression, but I generally love the sentiment of the phrase:“Just because it’s easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s important.” Many of our metrics…