Tag: Edmondson

Lean and Outsourcing

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By Mark Edmondson Bill Waddell's post on Evolving Excellence makes a humorous yet tragic point about how lean is too often confused with outsourcing....

Lean Consumption at the Post Office

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By Mark Edmondson Today I went to the local post office to buy holiday stamps and Priority Mail boxes. (An aside: Priority...

Encounters with Peter Drucker

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From Mark Edmondson:Peter F. Drucker passed away on November 11, eight days before his 96th birthday. Since he was a professor at Claremont Graduate...

Two Common HR Practices That Sabotage Lean Initiatives

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Our consulting firm has two HR requirements before we'll work with a client:1. No regular employee will lose their job as a result of...