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  • newArrest in Miss. killings
    Authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said.
    - 6 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 5:15pm -
  • newKennedy clan gathers for funeral again
    She might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy.
    - 6 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 5:09pm -
  • newVan Halen postpones summer tour
    Classic rockers Van Halen on Thursday abruptly postponed more than 30 tour dates, following their June 26 concert in New Orleans, representative Anna Loynes said.
    - 7 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 4:46pm -
  • newPlan to raise sunken cruise ship
    Salvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site.
    - 7 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 4:19pm -
  • newFinal moments call to girlfriend
    Trayvon Martin's girlfriend, talking to him on the telephone, heard the teenager saying, "get off, get off" in the moments before his cell phone cut off and he was shot dead, according to a recording of the girl's interview with a prosecuto…
    - 8 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 3:48pm -
  • newHollywood stars without makeup
    After being photographed without makeup while in Vancouver last month, candid shots of AnnaLynne McCord hit the Web, with with one site noting: "Her facial blemishes were completely visible."
    - 8 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 3:35pm -
  • newRoasted fetuses stashed in luggage
    Six roasted fetuses covered with gold for black magic rituals were found in a Bangkok hotel room, and the gruesome discovery led to the arrest of a British citizen Friday, Thai police said.
    - 8 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 2:58pm -
  • newJurors get John Edwards case
    The jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial.
    - 9 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 2:36pm -
  • newArabs giggle over French PM's name
    France's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East…
    - 9 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 2:15pm -
  • new49 headless bodies normal in Mexico?
    Despite the discovery of 49 headless bodies in the continuing Mexican drug war, a journalist tells CNN that people are becoming detached.
    - 23 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 12:15am -

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  • newWhy Facebook Is A Sucker's Bet
    by BILL WADDELL Valuing Facebook at $100 billion killed the company. While it could have continued to limp along as a privately held company, as a publicly traded company it has nowhere to go but down. That is a simple...
    - 6 hours ago, 18 May 2012, 5:13pm -
  • The Big Picture
    by BILL WADDELL Here's the way I see lean: This is pretty much the model I use when I am writing about companies or concepts for Evolving excellence, doing my company assessment work; or teaching at a conference , seminar...
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 2012, 6:53pm -
  • And Now a Few Words from Mike
    By Kevin Meyer It's college graduation season, so once again we get to listen to a bunch of commencement addresses by supposed dignitaries launching kids still recovering from their latest hangovers out into the real world. God help us. One...
    - 5 days ago, 13 May 2012, 5:40pm -
  • Blaming Deming, Lean, and Six Sigma and the Importance of "Why?"
    By Kevin Meyer There have been a couple articles in noteworthy rags over the last couple days that have raised my ire a bit - even if I eventually agreed with one of them. The first was by Adam Hartung...
    - 9 days ago, 9 May 2012, 1:34pm -
  • Au Contraire, Kevin
    by BILL WADDELL It's not often that I disagree with Kevin, and when I do it is usually over a detail and I let it pass - keep up a unified front and all that. But I have opted to...
    - 11 days ago, 8 May 2012, 2:58am -

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  • Where is Your Suggestion Box?
    The placement of a suggestion box within an organization speaks volumes about their level of commitment and sophistication in pursuing customer service, quality and continuous improvement. The example above was in the lobby of a county health cente…
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 2012, 1:43am -
  • How is PDCA Inimical to Innovation?
    PDCA. Plan, Do, Check, Act. This process is at the core of kaizen, lean, six sigma, continuous improvement, hoshin kanri, the scientific method and the learning organization. I also believe that the PDCA cycle is inherent to the creative process. P…
    - 10 days ago, 9 May 2012, 2:55am -
  • How to do Hansei
    I am wrapping up a fairly intensive period of reflection. This week was the first board meeting since the merger of Gemba Research and Kaizen Institute nearly 18 months ago. It has been a time of challenge, opportunity and personal growth, requirin…
    - 15 days ago, 4 May 2012, 8:05am -
  • Knowledge Work Kaizen Webinar: Free Viewing Until May 15th
    Do you struggle to manage too many e-mails in your inbox? Not clear on how exactly 5S and visual management can be applied to knowledge work? Looking for some practical ways to kaizen your work, starting today? If so, the webinar Factory of One is…
    - 22 days ago, 27 Apr 2012, 12:37am -
  • How to Tell if a Visual Control is Working
    By Jon Miller - April 21, 2012 5:22 PM
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