Mike Ridpath - Articles

Balancing Workplace Control

Control is essential for the attainment of any management’s objectives. Read

By: Mike Ridpath | 29/07/2008 | Leadership

Lean Mean Business Machine

Lean manufacturing focuses primarily on eliminating the seven major wastes, which are waiting time, motion, scrap, inventory, over-production, transportation and over-processing. Read

By: Mike Ridpath | 23/07/2008 | Organizational

How to Create a Corporate Culture That Inspires Its Workforce

A leader needs to create a culture, otherwise it will create itself! Here are four steps to help you create a lasting organizational culture. Read

By: Mike Ridpath | 23/07/2008 | Leadership

Lean 5s History

Lean, like so many innovative ideas, products, or services, was born out of necessity. In post-World War II Japan, the founder of Toyota, Sakichi Toyoda, his son Kiichiro Toyoda, and their chief engineer, Taiichi Ohno, developed the Toyota Production System (TPS). Read

By: Mike Ridpath | 15/02/2008 | Organizational