Every leader tells a white lie every now and then, right? Perhaps—but that doesn’t make it OK. White lies can do serious damage to your reputation and can lead to much bigger issues down the road.

The truism, “Quality, cost, and speed—pick two,” was often quoted throughout my career: meaning a production company could not achieve all three ideals and therefore must choose which two out of three ideals to concentrate on;

When the Japanese word kaizen entered the language of quality improvement via Masaaki Imai’s seminal book, Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success, (McGra

Most of us, I’m confident, have some rather significant events in our lives that bring joy and excitement. It could be marriage, the birth of a child, perhaps a first grandchild, a new home, or retirement.

Duke University electrical engineers have developed a man-made material that they say literally allows them to manipulate light at will.

DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well.

First, the introduction. This post was earnestly written by my friend, Jeff Fuchs.

From the minute I arrived on site, I knew that this would be a Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference unlike any other. First of all, it was in Phoenix… in July.

There has been a lot of press in recent years about the importance of the “learning organization.” While many authors have explored the idea of a learning organization from the perspective of how learning can be enabled and shared, the economic impact of learning,

Finally, the medical industry is putting aside its “We’re medicine; we’re different” mindset and taking a more practical look at quality improvement. Bravo!