Harvard Business Review contributor Scott Keller presents an interesting conundrum: while executive leadership embraces change, quite often, nothing changes. As part of his research for their book, Beyond Performance, Keller posits that the executives themselves may… (Read More)

Harvard Business School professor and author Leslie Perlow writes about improving the work-life relationship in a recent article for FastCompany. In it, she tackles two seemingly disparate issues. First, on improving life: the “Always Connected” nature… (Read More)

Alan Nicol, Executive Member of AlanNicolSolutions, discusses the importance of hiring on wisdom for experts and mid-level leadership at Manufacturing.net. Nicol asserts that you can not hire simply based on how well-versed and educated a prospect… (Read More)

Vermeer Corp. CEO Mary Andringa, who is also chair of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), is using Lean to lower health care costs for her manufacturing company. She does this through regular kaizen events to… (Read More)

Lisa Bodell of Fast Company discusses how processes can get in the way of productivity in her article, “5 Ways Process Kills Productivity.” Although good processes help to standardize and simplify complex activities, having too many… (Read More)

What could be better than improving product quality, decreasing production costs and eliminating waste? Try doing all three of those things while simultaneously bringing  jobs back to the United States. Santana Textiles, located primarily in Brazil… (Read More)

The idea of a workplace where employees maximize their potential and innovative freedom may sound romantic, but Forbes contributor Steven Denning argues that such an environment is not only practical, but sustainable. Instead of relying on… (Read More)

We’ve all heard of companies like 3G and Google encouraging innovation by allowing employees to use a portion of paid time to experiment and think creatively, but the truth is innovation is only successful 17% of… (Read More)

Eco-Coach founder Anca Novacovici explores whether Lean and Green business practices can coexist in an article where she interviews Aluminum Trailer Company. In the article, she first lays out the basics of Lean as a method… (Read More)

DJO Global, a medical devices products and services provider world-renowned for its rehabilitation products, has combined effective reduction of costs and overall manufacturing excellence to reduce their lead-times by 80% and inventory from 84 to 14… (Read More)