The Gospel of Small Business Organization

What is The Gospel of Small Business Organization? This “gospel” (good news) declares, that implementing business systems, one at a time, to address every business frustration, will remove chaos and bring order to the operations of any small business—and in short...

The Dark Side of Lean Management

There is a dark side to Lean Management, even though the benefits of Lean are enormous!  The failure rate for Lean programs, per many Lean experts can be very discouraging. Recently, speaking at a Lean Management conference, experts from that conference proclaimed the...

How to Sustain Lean – Take a Lean Tour

How to sustain Lean once lean practices are implemented, is the NOT-so-Lean-ELEPHANT in the room that many “gurus-of-lean” seem to overlook! These Lean “Rah-Rah” folks enjoy showing the housekeeping side of lean, called 5s, because it’s out in the open for all to see...

Close Shave for a Lean Business

You may remember the old Burma Shave signs, lined up one after another along a two-lane highway. Now, that was a great marketing campaign! These simple red signs with white lettering were spaced about 100 feet apart. Each sign had part of a fun-to-read message or...