2012 Summer Olympics: Jordyn Wieber and “Dumb, Stupid Rules” TAGS: 2012 | ali | aly | athletes | blitz | business | champion | china | company | competition | consulting | defending | douglas | dumb | fast | fastcompany | final | gabby | gabrielle | gymnastics | insider | jordyn | lean | london | nations | nbc | olympics | operations | powerhouse | pride | process | raisman | rule | russia | six sigma | sports | states | stupid | summer | tape delay | the customer is always right | u.s. | united | violates | wieber | women's | world Congratulations are in order for Gabby Douglas, the U.S. gymnast who won the Olympics women’s gymnastics all-around gold medal today, marking the third straight all-around gold medal for the United …Continue reading →

Continuous Improvement and Our Founding Fathers TAGS: 1776 | american | blitz | brats | britain | burgers | change | consulting | continuous | declaration | destination | england | fathers | founding | freedom | george | hancock | history | improvement | independence | jefferson | john | journey | july | lean | management | nation | operations | process | revolutionary | six sigma | sports | states | tax | taxation | thomas | united | war | washington Happy Independence Day 2012 everybody! In between bites of our burgers or brats and swigs of beer, let’s also take the time to thank all of those who have made …Continue reading →

Sergio Tacchini, Unmet Demand, and Losing Novak Djokovic TAGS: apparel | baseball | batching | biz | blitz | cnbc | darren | demand | djokovic | domestic | inventory | labor | lean | meetings | novak | ocean | open | operations | process | production | rovell | sergio | shipping | sigma | six | spokesman | sports | states | tacchini | tennis | transportation | united | us | waste | winter As reported by Darren Rovell with CNBC.com, tennis apparel manufacturer Sergio Tacchini and tennis superstar Novak Djokovic have parted ways. The reason there is a split is because Djokovic has …Continue reading →