“And we can do it all by starting from first principles–questioning our assumptions and building something new from the ground up.” Let’s focus on two words: First principles. The concept of ...

When I worked in manufacturing, we worked tirelessly to reduce job changeover time. Like a Nascar pit crew–the analogy productivity consultants always used–we hunted for 10 seconds here, 20 seconds ...

What makes an entrepreneur entrepreneurial? This was the question posed to participants at the 2023 Veteran EDGE Conference, hosted by the D'Aniello Institute for Veteran and Military Families. The ...

For more than 20 years — and after working with more than 10,000 participants who attended my Kaizen workshops — I’ve refined a simple yet powerful tool that makes problem-solving useful for everyone.

Often leaders will think they are driving a problem-solving culture by insistent, or even just encouraging, team members to utilize the tools and templates of problem-solving. However, most ...