“Out of every 100 companies who undertake the process, [lean manufacturing] 96 either fail or quit within 18 months”....Pat Begin, Presid...

One of my most read blogs over the past 8 years is titled "An Index Card: Gateway to a Lean Journey". The post explains that one of the b...

Mohawk Industries (Torrington, CT) is a manufacturer of carpet pad. With 40 employees, they take scrap foam from manufacturers of pillows...

A few months back I wrote a post that talked about taking the time to be present and in the here and now, by simply stopping and smelling...

If lean is NOT your business strategy, turn back. If it is something you do on the side when you have time, stop reading. If you don't vi...

Can't say I have any enemies at all on this planet. Just don't. Well, except one. My property is surrounded by woods on three sides. Star...

"Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, those days of soda and pretzels and beer...."-Nat King Cole (http://youtu.be/IOV96BCAvZ...

My late father definitely instilled many important things deep into my brain. One snippet of wisdom came midway through my first semester...

Let me start with the idea that people want to get caught doing what they think is important to their boss. Whatever that is, we want to ...

Leading a successful, well respected Construction Business, especially in New England, requires a steady hand. It is an incredibly tough ...

Let's face it t, sometimes managers are much better at kicking things off than sustaining them. Invariably, when a company brings me in t...

Lucky for most people they have not had the misfortune of watching me dance. Not a pretty sight. Still trying to figure out why my wife G...

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit" (Aristotle) Have you ever thought about just how pre-programm...

"Doing" lean for a living sounds simple in theory. On paper and on Power Points, everything seems so logical and clear cut. I remember af...

Everybody knows Lean Rule #1. It is the first rule we learn as young kids working on our white belts in kindergarten. If we ever waiver a...

You are all probably familiar with the human fight-or-flight response. When chased by a bear, people have been clocked at 45 mph (exagger...

At it's core, lean and the Toyota Production System is really pretty simple (in theory). All you need to remember are 2 things: "Continuo...

This story starts last October right before the frost. The Fall is a very busy time for me. I see my clients Monday through Thursday, tea...

So we've had 2 weeks so far of social distancing (and 4 to go), which for many of us, is code for steer clear. After crash courses in Web...

How many of you either checked in with someone over the last week or got checked in on? Last week I suggested that the sport of A3 is tak...