Comments on: Yes, We Can… but by What Method? http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Graban http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/#comment-4415 Mark Graban Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/#comment-4415 Great question, Andrew. I don't know about the Obama administration, but I'd be cynical about the hope that there are real process thinkers involved.<br/><br/>I was equally cynical about that in the W. administration, so this is non-partisan cynicism!<br/><br/>Paul O'Neill was a process thinker and he didn't last long as Secretary of the Treasury. We need more men like him in government, I'd say. Great question, Andrew. I don’t know about the Obama administration, but I’d be cynical about the hope that there are real process thinkers involved.

I was equally cynical about that in the W. administration, so this is non-partisan cynicism!

Paul O’Neill was a process thinker and he didn’t last long as Secretary of the Treasury. We need more men like him in government, I’d say.

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]]> By: Andrew http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/#comment-4407 Andrew Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:55:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/#comment-4407 Is there anyone on the inside of Obama's (excellent but lawyerly) technocracy that gets this? <br/>I like the way Pascal Dennis said it in the policy deployment class I took from him a few years ago (paraphrasing): There is no shortage of technological ingenuity - car companies use the same robots, same suppliers, etc, but some companies are winning, and others are losing. THe gap is not in technical ingenuity but social ingenuity - how do the PEOPLE involved come together to establish goals, identify and solve problems. <br/>Obviously some people in the "lean healthcare" community get this. But there is a powerful tendency to go for the capital intensive techno fix in this country (everywhere, probably) and not everyone is going to make it through Imai's _Gemba Kaizen_. <br/>So, back to my original question: Is there someone on the inside of the new administration who gets it?<br/>-ALB Is there anyone on the inside of Obama’s (excellent but lawyerly) technocracy that gets this?
I like the way Pascal Dennis said it in the policy deployment class I took from him a few years ago (paraphrasing): There is no shortage of technological ingenuity – car companies use the same robots, same suppliers, etc, but some companies are winning, and others are losing. THe gap is not in technical ingenuity but social ingenuity – how do the PEOPLE involved come together to establish goals, identify and solve problems.
Obviously some people in the “lean healthcare” community get this. But there is a powerful tendency to go for the capital intensive techno fix in this country (everywhere, probably) and not everyone is going to make it through Imai’s _Gemba Kaizen_.
So, back to my original question: Is there someone on the inside of the new administration who gets it?
-ALB

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]]> By: Scott http://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/#comment-4402 Scott Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:38:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/01/yes-we-can-but-by-what-method/#comment-4402 I'm a techy guy, and I certainly hope effort and resources are invested in process improvement and not just technology. Great post. I’m a techy guy, and I certainly hope effort and resources are invested in process improvement and not just technology. Great post.

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