Tag: Deming

Following up my post about not blaming a bartender, here's another look at learning to cast aside our old habit of blaming individuals... this...

Following up on yesterday's post that talked about "the old GM" putting cost ahead of quality, I sometimes I get flashbacks to my days working...

I'm happy to be a participating author on "The Lean Edge" blog/site that's hosted by Michael Ballé author of The Gold Mine and other books. Their most recent question...

The price paid for most management consulting work is based on either a daily rate or some variation of a flat-rate fee based on...

I wrote an article for LinkedIn yesterday about the recent GM ignition problem controversy and recall. I commented mainly on the video put out...

It's easy for an organization to say they are "doing Lean" or they have "started a Lean transformation." They might hire a consultant or...

Out there in the Lean and quality improvement communities, you sometimes hear some silly things. Sometimes, I want to attach the "Lean As...

When I recently did a Healthcare Kaizen workshop near Detroit, I invited an old friend of mine to attend as a guest. Marisa Smith, an...

I read this valid complaint from somebody on a LinkedIn group.... it led to a "facepalm" that I managed to catch on camera: I interviewed with...

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

Thanks everybody for reading my blog in 2013! I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to read and participate in the...

In the Lean methodology, building upon the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming, we work hard to shift away from "naming, blaming, and shaming."...