Tag: Deming

Change from Inside or Outside of the System

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Last week, I tweeted a quote that's supposedly from Dr. W. Edwards Deming. I can only find one other online reference... does this sound...

Q&A with Adam Zak on Lean Leadership

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BioTechnology Supply Chain Conference - interview with speaker Adam Zak | LeanConnectionsI'm reposting parts of this with permission of Adam Zak, a regular contributor...

A Bullying Boss Leads to Financial Meltdown?

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Michael Lewis on A.I.G. | vanityfair.comI've been a big fan of Michael Lewis and his writing since reading "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an...

Former Lehman CEO Blames His Former Employees, but so do Some...

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From Lehman's Wreckage, New Lives - WSJ.com:Disgraced Lehman CEO Dick Fuld says in this WSJ piece:"'I spent too much time out of the office...

Quality and Cost Always Go Together with Lean Thinking

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This is an old story, from May, that I've meant to write about for a while. Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of...

Shop Class as Soulcraft

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By Andy Wagner: The New York Times recently published an essay by Matthew Crawford, based on his new book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry...

Signs of Hope for Customer Focus in a Down Economy?

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Companies Strive Harder to Please Customers - WSJ.comLean is a customer-focused business and organizational strategy. Many companies, unfortunately, use a downturn as an excuse...

Where Did I Start with Lean?

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I love it when I have a chance to meet Lean Blog readers and Twitter followers in the "real world." In the past few...

Random Lean Thoughts – July 13

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Today's blog post will be just a bunch of random thoughts. For one, I just got back from London last night after a whirlwind...

Bad News not Flowing Either Direction at GM?

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Last week, I blogged about an episode where bad news wasn't flowing up in Boeing (or, it's part of a pattern). In my Sunday morning...

Bad News Not Flowing Up at Boeing?

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Tomorrow's blog post today... not that anyone will be reading anything non-Michael Jackson related. RIP. A modern tidbit... I learned about the news via...

LeanBlog Podcast #68 – Ben Harrison, Lean from CEO Perspective

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Podcast #68 is a discussion with Benjamin G. Harrison, President & CEO of Kaysun, a privately-held manufacturer that, for over 60 years, has designed...
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