Archives for May 2015

In his fascinating Industry Week article How American Workers Became Disengaged, Michael Collins paints an alarming picture of the steady erosion of worker pay over the past 50 years. Nobody can deny that this is a major factor in demotivating workers, and the subsequent decline in productivity. It gets worse, though. A more subtle aspect… read more.

Steve Brenneman of Aluminum Trailer Company has become widely known for taking lean to his entire enterprise, and the results are clearly visible in his plant and offices. Although ATC hosts frequent gemba walks, the message isn’t getting through to the CEOs. In this 5-minute clip, Steve and I compared notes on the question of… read more.