The Lean Insider

Leadership is a popular topic for book buyers, with people often wanting to know how leaders can engage workers and develop a ...

One of the challenges facing us at Productivity Press is that people increasingly want information available in a variety of formats, thro...

I do not believe that outsourcing is the future of U.S. auto manufacturing, with design and manufacturing the only in-house functions...

When I’m flying, I don’t want the pilot of my plane to be sleepy – a point I made recentl y when writing about processes of small commuter...

Certain basic books are the workhorses of publishing. They don’t get a lot of attention, but people like them and find them us...

I don’t believe I’ve mentioned this before, but each time I post an article on this blog, it automatically generates a link that is posted...

Pop Quiz: Your company makes frozen pot pies, and some cases of salmonella have been traced back to your products. What do you do? ...

Respect for people, a fundamental lean principle, can mean many things. Perhaps the meaning we think of most often is that e...

The CEO, more than any other executive, is often the person responsible for creating...

My wife belongs to a book club, in which the members select a book, read it and then meet to discuss it. That’s pretty common, and nowad...