The Gemba Was Always There. We Just Couldn't See It.
13 March 2026
I once spent the better part of a Friday building a PowerPoint presentation about a problem I had already solved. The solution was clear, the data was…
Reflections on leadership, lean, and life.
13 March 2026
I once spent the better part of a Friday building a PowerPoint presentation about a problem I had already solved. The solution was clear, the data was…
11 March 2026
Visitors to the fifth floor of Anthropic's San Francisco headquarters are greeted by warm wood, soft light, a portrait of Alan Turing, and a recep…
6 March 2026
If you've spent any time in the lean world, Henry Ford is essentially a founding father. The moving assembly line. Continuous flow. Waste eliminat…
5 March 2026
One of the genuine pleasures of retirement is that a random Reddit post can consume your entire morning without guilt. That's exactly what happene…
4 March 2026
A friend of mine recently received a letter from a U.S. government-aligned customer directing their company to immediately cease use of all Anthropic…
22 February 2026
Ruben Hassid, who writes the "How to AI" newsletter on Substack, made an observation recently that stopped me cold. He calls it "perfor…
22 February 2026
Some of my best trips have been the least planned. On a Wednesday in mid-February, my wife and I looked at an open week ahead, a forecast of heavy rai…
11 February 2026
From my Cooking the World Series... This menu is deeply rooted inĀ coastal Peruvian home cooking, especially Lima and its seaside districts like Chorr…