Monthly Archives: February 2010
Productivity Targets Getting in the Way of Productivity Improvement
Earlier this morning, I attended a presentation at SHS/ASQ about Lean implementation in multiple emergency rooms in a large health system. There were a...
“Single Piece Flow” in Medicine
I've always enjoyed my discussions with Sami Bahri, D.D.S., the "World's First Lean Dentist." One concept he talks about, most recently in our video...
Detroidenfreude
Random thought related to those from the Big 3 Detroit 3 who are happy to see Toyota suffer, I think I'm coining a term...
Akio Toyoda’s Testimony to Congress
I only watched a few minutes of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's live testimony (thanks to online cable news streaming), but the first things I...
Karl Wadensten on VIBCO’s Lean Transformation & The Lean Nation Radio Show
Episode 84 is audio from Video Podcast #10 (available on YouTube). This is a conversation with Karl Wadensten, President of VIBCO, a manufacturer in...
LeanBlog Video Podcast #10 – Karl Wadensten of VIBCO and The Lean Nation
Episode #10 is a conversation with Karl Wadensten, President of VIBCO, a manufacturer in Wyoming, R.I. Here, we talk about his radio show, "The...
Familiar Voices and New Voices on Lean
You heard enough from me yesterday... today I want to share some other voices with you and their thoughts on Lean. First, familiar voices...
Standardized Work in Lean Healthcare: Insights from Toyota and Dr. Atul Gawande
TL;DR: Standardized work, influenced by Toyota and Dr. Atul Gawande, is crucial for improving safety, quality, and efficiency in healthcare. It should be created...
When “Efficiency” Misses the Point: A L.A.M.E. Lean Story on NPR
TL;DR: An NPR story about workplace "efficiency" illustrates L.A.M.E.--Lean As Misguidedly Executed--where tools like 5S are applied without respect for people or employee engagement....
A New App to Download, Events to Attend, and a Book to Read
Today's post is a few Friday odds and ends about a new thing I've been involved, events I'm attending, and a new book I'm...
Re-visiting Chapter 2 of Out of the Crisis (Part 1)
Continuing my series on re-reading Dr. W. Edwards Deming's book Out of the Crisis, I'm posting a series of tweets from the Chapter along...
Great Newsweek Cover Story on Why Layoffs Are Harmful
I had long given up on Newsweek as a source of news (hey, at least it's published weekly unlike IndustryWeek). But this cover caught...
