Many managers ask me “How can I accelerate my company’s Lean transformation?” My answer is two fold: First get the direction right, and then get..

I spent a couple years in Florida as a youngster working in a program called VISTA: Volunteers in Service to America. I tried hard to be helpful, but..

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According to the USDA Egg Grading Manual, “Checks [aka ‘cracks’] are an unavoidable problem in the marketing of eggs because eggs cannot be..

A century after the first Labor Day celebration, during a factory re-organization, I discovered firsthand the meaning of “territorial imperative.”..

I was asked recently by a colleague if I make stuff up for my blog. “Some of your stories seem too crazy,” he said. The answer is, no, I haven’t made..

I opened a fortune cookie yesterday, which read: “Understanding little is better than misunderstanding a lot.” Seems to me that we Lean wannabes..

[This post celebrates the product launch for a great new book Seeing The Invisible, authored by GBMP’s friend and collaborator, John Kravontka, and..

Too often when corrective action is taken, the communication loop is not closed, turning containment into a frustrating, permanent practice. This Led..

Padding factory performance has become a best practice at one company I visited recently. As I walked the floor with the site manager, I was..