Tag: Leadership

by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanI believe that NIH, or Not Invented Here, is one of the silliest cultural barriers to...

Toyota Poised to Make Shift in North America - WSJ.com Interesting WSJ comment from this recent piece about planned management changes in North America. Jim Lentz,...

In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times - USATODAY.comThe USA Today, whether they're trying or not, is doing a good job...

By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search: "Respect for people: Very few businesses start up only on the backs of the sole founder. It takes...

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #64, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road. In this Podcast, we talk...

OK, so here is episode #1 of the "beta" (if you will) LeanBlog Video Podcast. Our guest is our good friend Jamie Flinchbaugh. I...

I stumbled across these notes I had taken about 8 or 9 years ago based on a video lecture from Dr. Deming:W. Edwards Deming...

Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids - NYTimes.comToyota's Cost Cutting Plan to Include Buyouts for Factory WorkersToyota famously has avoided layoffs of permanent employees...

By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search:As a LeanThinker I am most unabashedly a free market advocate. Free trade, absolutely. Love those imported fresh...

Ga. peanut plant has history of problems - Food safety - nbc.com NY Times article There was a lot of focus in the news yesterday about...

Europe businessman of the year: Wendelin Wiedeking - Jan. 27, 2009: It's nice to see Lean get such glowing praise in a mainstream publication like...

by Dan MarkovitzIn a refreshing change of pace for the auto industry, Akio Toyoda, who was just named as the new president of Toyota,...