Monthly Archives: November 2011
ASQ Member Videos on Quality, Their Careers, and Their Lives
As mentioned in Monday's post with Podcast #131 (Paul Borawski, CEO of the American Society for Quality), ASQ had a contest where members could...
A Lean Guy Reads the Globe and Mail – Shoelaces & Plane Crashes
I was in Canada a few weeks back and two articles from the Globe and Mail newspaper caught my eye - stories from England...
Paul Borawski, the CEO of ASQ (American Society for Quality) on the Baldrige Award...
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My guest for episode #131 is Paul Borawski, the CEO of ASQ, the American Society for Quality. Today, we are talking about ASQ, their...
Berwick Steps Down as Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator
This made news on Wednesday - Dr. Donald M. (Don) Berwick stepped down as CMS Administrator: "Harvard professor Don Berwick resigns as Medicare chief."...
A Time to Give Thanks
It's the Thanksgiving holiday today for U.S. readers. I am thankful for my readers and listeners for inspiring me and challenging me.
Some holiday...
Interview with Dr. Les Muda, the World’s First #Lean Healthcare Comedian
You might remember Dr. Les Muda, the "World's First Lean Healthcare Comedian" (arguably the only one?) from a video back in June. He has...
An Interesting Take on the Use of Japanese Terms in Lean
Today, I'm linking to a post from a new blog written by the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business ("Think Op-Ex"). The post...
KaiNexus Education Video #3 – Eliminating Waste & NVA
Here is the third short, simple Kaizen education video from KaiNexus. We are embedding these videos into our web-based software, to provide short tips and hints...
Federal Funding Ends for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
I'm still looking for a published news source for this, but I learned earlier today from Paul Borawski, the CEO of the American Society...
The Lean Dentist, Revisited (and a New Video)
Updated: There's now a link to the GBMP video at the bottom of the post.
I have long admired the Lean work of Sami Bahri,...
What’s Changed in Lean Healthcare Since 2008?
It's been three years since the first edition of my book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement was published. The second...
Babies and Kittens and Monkeys, Oh My! This Improves Patient Safety?
The more I visit different hospitals, the more I tend to roll my eyes at the different signs that aim to remind staff and/or...
