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Archive for February, 2009

The purpose of this blog is to present news articles and commentary on the following topics: the Toyota Production System , Lean Manufacturing (aka Lean Production or Lean Enterprise), along with new applications of lean such as Lean …

Leaders Are Leaders, Not Managers

The argument is leadership is seldom an innate skill. To be sure there is a case for personal charisma or even the ability to inspire those around you, but true leadership, the kind that rallies nations, is a refined, learned skill. Military intuitions, like West Point, have long believed that leaders are trained, not born. Leading men and women into battle or into the boardroom, the skills are essentially the same. It is no coincidence: a disproportionate amount of military-trained individuals find themselves in leadership positions in the corporate sphere.

Coach Purses for Fashionable Women

A purse can either make or break a woman’s outfit. Thus, if you are fond of purses and always try to be fashionable, be sure to get yourself the right purses to be sure you’ll never go wrong.

Office Teamwork vs. Human Nature: Which Will Win?

Wikipedia has probably one of the most complete yet simple definitions of teamwork

Our business system model is broken and reinvention is needed – now! Companies need to address these issues by redirecting their focus from trying to hire a superman or superwoman to fix their business system problems. …

The Effects Of Stress On The Body

Stress affects the body in many different ways. While the short term physical responses to stress are well known, some longer term effects of stress are less well understood. However, thanks to ongoing research a lot more is known about stress than was the case even a few decades ago.