PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act (or Adjust) — is one of those acronymic concepts that regularly finds its way into Lean discussions. Descended from..

One day, shortly after entering grade school, my daughter, Alison, asked me “Dad, what do you do for a living.” An odd question, I thought, coming..

This time of year the abundant ads for junk removal and cheap storage units remind us that it’s time for Spring cleaning, an annual pastime that has..

Sometimes, reflection on a great discovery will reveal that its invention was actually a lucky accident that just stuck. Take for example French..

At the tender age of 21, living in a universe with far too many parallels to present day, I took a job – which turned out to be more than a job — to..

As we begin to take our approximately 4-½ billionth trip around the sun, I’m reflecting on the previous 525,600 minutes and looking ahead to the new..

Norman Bodek, who sadly left us last week, will no doubt best be remembered for the amazing library he brought us over thirty years ago from..

For the 2020 Holiday Season, here’s a little Lean levity from the ghost of Christmas past. Most parents who celebrate the annual visit from Santa..

Perhaps the adversity of the last nine months has caused me to reflect more often on the goodness that’s hiding all around me even in the face of..

With less than a day before our 16th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference, here’s a tally of attendees and what’s in store. As of last night..