The Book “Rivethead” and GM’s Demeaning “Quality…
I've updated and am republishing an old 2005 blog post that I wrote about a former GM assembly worker, Ben Hamper,…
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Podcast #363 — Crystal Y. Davis on the Business Impact of Covid-19, and More
For Episode #363, I'm joined by Crystal Davis as we discuss:
What are you seeing in terms of how Covid19…
On the Recent Passing of Two American Auto Industry Legends: Lee Iacocca and Ross…
Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, passed away on July 2.
Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of EDS,…
Bob Lutz on Tesla, Threats, & Communication About Quality – and…
Hat tip to Stan Feingold from StoreSMART (a Lean Blog sponsor) for sending me this article:
Bob Lutz Talks…
The One Where I was Interviewed on a Detroit Radio Station
I was invited to be a guest on a Detroit radio talk show that's hosted by Dr. Paul Reeves, a show called "Dr.…
On Podcast Server Downtime, Scars from General Motors, and Taking Ownership of My…
Ever since I started podcasting in 2006, I've been using a company called "Hipcast" to be the "hosting" company…
GM Shrinking, Laying Off People, Shutting Down Factories, and Cutting Costs…
I take no joy in the troubles of any automaker, be it Tesla, Nissan, GM or any others over time.
Of course,…
Part 2: 20 Years Ago at GM, the Quality Death Spiral Continues… With More…
Recently, I blogged about a quality catastrophe that I lived through at GM just over 20 years ago, at the…
20+ Years Ago at GM: The Quality Death Spiral of Bad Management & Blaming…
My first job out of college was as an Industrial Engineer at the General Motors Livonia Engine Plant. Blogging…
My Talk in Vegas: Leadership Lessons from Statistics and Psychology
Today, I’m giving a keynote talk at the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference being held in Las Vegas. I don’t…
Managers Must Help The People They Supervise
Last week, a nurse manager downloaded the free first chapter of my book Lean Hospitals and wrote this message in…
Lessons from the NUMMI 10th Anniversary Book Published in 1994
I did manage to buy a book that was published by NUMMI to celebrate their 10th anniversary. "10 Years of Quality…
Did Toyota’s #Lean Mindsets & Practices Really Leave the (Now) Tesla…
Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was…
Learning & Emulating Without Copying Blindly from Duke Hoops, Toyota, or…
While I'm writing here about Northwestern men's basketball learning from Duke (without copying everything), the…
2nd Post for the Deming Institute Blog: The Failed “Livonia…
Yesterday, the W. Edwards Deming Institute published the second in my series of three posts for them: "The Failure…
My Post for the Deming Institute Blog: Why Dr. Deming’s Work is So Important…
I'm extremely honored that The W. Edwards Deming Institute published my first blog post in a series of three that…
“The reign of the king-leader is gone” at GM? What about healthcare?
I was happy to see an engineer (Chemical Engineering) and a General Motors leader, Alicia Boler Davis, on the cover…
Part 2: More From the Original 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook: Unions, Teams,…
Here's Part 2 of a post about the original NUMMI Team Member Handbook from 1984 (see Part 1 here).
This, and…