Monthly Archives: February 2009
Dr. Deming’s Role of a People Manager
I stumbled across these notes I had taken about 8 or 9 years ago based on a video lecture from Dr. Deming:W. Edwards Deming...
Upcoming Video Podcast, Getting Buy In for Standard Work
Hi everyone -- sorry there was no post this morning, my flight home landed at 1 am and I was exhausted this morning, taking...
Lean Healthcare Around the World
Hello from Connecticut.... it's always fascinating to me to see the spread of Lean healthcare around the world. When I attended the Lean Enterprise...
Soup Analyst Doesn’t Understand Just-In-Time
Campbell Soup Cools as Grocers Cut Stocks - WSJ.com:
Saw an article yesterday about Campbell Soup sales falling because retailers, including Wal-Mart were being more...
LeanBlog Podcast #63 – David “Zuma Dogg” Saltsburg, Deming-Based Candidate for Los Angeles Mayor
I have a very special guest today... it's a very spur of the moment podcast with L.A. mayoral candidate, David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg. This...
A Deming Disciple as Candidate for L.A. Mayor?
L.A. Voters For Change: Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate David Saltsburg (Zuma Dogg) Answers Questions For Daily News
I won't pretend to understand Los Angeles politics...
MIT Lean Product Development Survey
First off -- new job posting on the Lean Board, an internal Lean consultant role with the State of Oregon Department of Human Services...
Donations to the Josie King Foundation
As some of you might remember, I was offering autographed versions of my book, Lean Hospitals, with proceeds going to the Josie King Foundation,...
LeanBlog Podcast #62 – Dr. John Toussaint, ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value
Once again, our guest for Episode #62 is John S. Toussaint, MD, the CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for...
What Sets Toyota Apart?
Below is a Toyota expression that I love... and this is a statement that could apply in any type of organization, don't you think?...
This Pilot Didn’t Follow Standardized Work?
Plane that crashed near Buffalo was on autopilot After "Sully" and his crew were lauded as heroes for following checklists, keeping calm, and landing...
Sad: One in Five Nurses Quits Within a Year
Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retentionI've heard a similar theme before -- the problem isn't that we need to graduate more nurses, we...
