Tag: WSJ

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2024 Preface: I'm re-posting this blog post from 2012 about Lean at Boeing. The WSJ headline emphasizes "speed up," but that could be the...

You're a retailing or manufacturing executive who hasn't heard of MIT's "Beer Game" management simulator? Then you're probably swimming in a lot of excess inventory. If...

Since I host a podcast about mistakes ("My Favorite Mistake"), this is a topic I think about a lot. I hear about people's "favorite"...

I love the theme of learning from mistakes. That's why I started my latest podcast, "My Favorite Mistake." Yesterday, I just released Episode 150....

As somebody who moved to Texas in 1999 ("I wasn't born here, but I got here as quick as I could"), I love Texas...

The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article back in November 2020: Stephen Curry's Scientific Quest for the Perfect Shot The links I've used should allow...

The Wall Street Journal has an epic track record when it comes to always getting it wrong when they write about Lean or the...

This image -- a huge container ship coming from a far-off land -- does NOT represent the Lean and Toyota Production System notion of...

"Respect for people" is, of course, a core tenet of Lean and the Toyota Production System. It's an important idea in the workplace and...

The other day, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in 2004. The...

General Jim Mattis has been making the rounds to talk about his new book that is out today: Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead. "Learning...