NUMMI

I did manage to buy a book that was published by NUMMI to celebrate their 10th anniversary. "10 Years of Quality…

I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California. Follow on Twitter using…

While I'm writing here about Northwestern men's basketball learning from Duke (without copying everything), the…

Here's Part 2 of a post about the original NUMMI Team Member Handbook from 1984 (see Part 1 here). This, and…

I recently wrote about my exploration of the collected papers of the late Don Ephlin, a UAW senior leader and a…

When I was a graduate student at the MIT Leaders for Global Operations program, one of our visiting professors was…

Today's episode #259 is Part 2 of a discussion I started with Steve Bera in episode #256. Steve was one of the…

I'm really excited to have Steve Bera as my guest for episode #256 of the podcast. I read about him as he was…

Thanks to this post by Bruce Hamilton (aka "Toast Guy" or "Old Lean Dude"), I was reminded of the old General…

Episode #403 of the public radio program "This American Life" originally aired in 2010, telling the story of the…

When I was back at MIT earlier this month, I really enjoyed the lectures that I was able to attend. See my notes…

The phrase "Lean journey" is used widely to describe an organization's transformation over time. It's either a…

MP3 File (run time 33:39) My guest for episode #209 is George Friesen, Business Practice Leader for Lean…

I sometimes torture myself by watching webinars given about "Lean Sigma." I hear a lot of claptrap about Lean...…

The Philadelphia Eagles are playing in an NFL playoff matchup tonight against the New Orleans Saints. I'd…

I was able to tour the NUMMI factory in 2005, which I really enjoyed (see my series of blog posts here). NUMMI was,…

After posting some raw notes yesterday on John Shook's talk, I wrote a piece for the LEI's "Lean Post" site…