After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I’m once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another “Lean Whiskey” podcast. In Episode 6 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh explore two icons as leaders and the impact…
Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, passed away on July 2. Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of EDS, also passed away a week later. In reading about him recently, I learned Perot didn’t like to be called “H.…
My blog will turn 10 years old in February 2015. You’re probably either thinking, “Wow, that’s awesome!” or “Get a life, dude.” :-) Here’s a look back at some of the posts from August 6 in past years… what was…
This article appeared back in March… March of 2013… as in this year: “Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class.” I mean, good for them, but they are just now getting to this (even if the effort started…
As I’ve worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I’ve sometimes wondered if there’s been a study on the differences in results between hospitals that have a physician CEO vs. those that have a non-physician CEO. Which hospitals have better…
The traditional model of business leadership has the CEO as the most important decision maker. Generally, the higher up you go, leaders make more decisions and they make more important decisions. Information flows up to people who make the decisions.…
A Look at Obama’s Auto-Bailout Team – WSJ.com Stop me if you’ve heard that joke before… so here is the assembled team that will oversee the demise, I mean fixing, of the U.S. auto industry. I actually wrote this Sunday…
Bush Gives Emergency Loans to Automakers – NYTimes.com Detroit News Article I don’t understand this at all. What is the operational definition of “viable”? What will/can change in three months? I’m honestly asking those of you who have been following…
Chrysler matches Toyota in efficiency – Detroit News I didn’t mean for this to become “beat up on the Detroit Three” week… this comes in waves. If you don’t like these posts, my short-term focus on the auto industry will…
Turning Chrysler Into Toyota It’s disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey, at least they really are a weekly publication, unlike our pals at IndustryWeek (sorry, haven’t…
Roger Penske adds the Smart car to his $17B empire – Oct. 5, 2007 Good article here about businessman Roger Penske. I didn’t realize that he once passed up the chance to succeed Iaccoca at Chrysler. Back in 1992, Chrysler’s…
Autoblog.com report This is surprising — Toyota’s top U.S. executive, Jim Press, who had been the first American named as a Toyota corporate director, is leaving to take a top sales and marketing job at Chrysler. Does this mean Tom…
