Tag: Respect for People

Dell to close Austin plant, cutting more than 800 jobs | Statesman Business Blog I'm angry. I try not to blog when I'm angry, so...

Coaches grousing over mandatory helmets : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain NewsHappy Opening Day to baseball fans out there. I grew up a huge...

Employee's suit: Company used waterboarding to motivate workers - Salt Lake TribuneThis isn't a "Lean" article, but holy moley, you have to read the...

Why do many of our best companies move to China or other countries? Some do it for the lower labor rates, but just as...

The OODA Loop & You I love examples of lean thinking that come from unexpected angles. Mike Gardner at the TPM Log recently brought up...

strategy+business, the e-magazine from Booz, Allen & Hamilton, reports how the US Army is changing the way that it shares knowledge within such a...

Southwest. Way Southwest. - NY Times Jeff Bailey at the New York Times wrote a great article about Southwest Airlines and their legendary approach to...

I got a couple of reader emails last week that prompted me to think about Lean and the Toyota Way principle of...

Article Link: Lifting specialists set to lose weightI'm always a bit skeptical when I hear about Lean being a "project." Sure, a project can...

Jim Womack's E-letters - Respect for People Jim Womack's most recent e-letter is one of the best I've read in quite a while. I...

There was a question on the NWLean email list about suggestions, in the context of The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen, reading in...

Two article links, sent to me by a few readers: Court: Toyota Employee Was Worked to Death Widow of Toyota worker questions labor practices At a first...