Monthly Archives: December 2007
Testimonials and Reviews: What Experts Say About Lean Blog
A sampling of unsolicited quotes from readers:
"I read your blog on a periodic basis, and enjoy your insights."
- Management Engineer/Planning (Hospital System, Utah)
"I wanted...
New Year’s Lean Resolutions?
So, in a way, the whole concept of New Year's resolutions "batches up" improvement, which isn't a good thing. The start of a new...
God Forbid You Actually Listen to the Bottom 98%
Management Leaders Turn Attention to Followers - WSJ.com
This article caught my eye, this idea that someone other than top executives might actually have some...
On Blog Vacation through Dec 29
Best wishes to everyone for Christmas and the holiday season. I'm probably not going to post again until December 29 unless there's something really...
Womack on Respect for People
Jim Womack's E-letters - Respect for People
Jim Womack's most recent e-letter is one of the best I've read in quite a while. I...
Gaming the Numbers in the UK, Again
Blundering hospitals 'kill 40,000 a year' - Britain - Times Online:Ah, gaming the numbers... everyone's favorite pastime. It certainly is here in the State,...
You Can’t Force Suggestions
There was a question on the NWLean email list about suggestions, in the context of The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen, reading in...
Airport Heijunka
DFW Airport | pegasusnews.comDFW International Airport will distribute more than $10,000 in "DFW Bucks" on December 20 and 21 to encourage families to check...
Smart or Dumb Machines?
Why Nobody Likes a Smart Machine - New York TimesGood article here about Donald Norman and his views on some of the poorly designed...
Not following the "Standard" lets an athlete off the hook?
Jenkins beats doping charge -- chicagotribune.comHere's an example of a testing lab not following their own industry standard work, an error that "vindicates" (in...
The Danger of Overproduction?
PEPCON disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn some Saturday afternoon background TV watching, my ears perked up when I heard about this story on...
LEI Webinar Tomorrow with Cliff Ransom
Our friend Kevin at Evolving Excellence has written about Cliff Ransom before, so I'm excited to see the LEI has a webinar with him...
