Monthly Archives: April 2013
Steve Blank’s HBR Cover Story on “The #LeanStartup”
It's free online (at least for the moment), so go check out Steve Blank's Harvard Business Review cover story on "Why the Lean Start-Up...
A Lean Guy Watches CBC’s “Rate My Hospital”
"Approximately 8 to 10% of the individuals who walk through our doors are being hurt by us," says David Musyj, CEO of Windsor Regional...
What I’m Reading: Good News and Bad News on Patient Safety & Government Processes
Here's the latest in my "What I'm Reading" series, where I clear out some of the inventory of articles I've read, but haven't blogged...
“My Best Mistake:” Working for General Motors
As a LinkedIn "Influencer," I was invited to contribute a story to the "My Best Mistake" series. I wrote about something I, at first,...
Seattle Children’s Hospital New Tower – From Cardboard to Reality
A new tower opened at Seattle Children's Hospital two days ago, built with "Lean Design" principles and methods, as this story describes:
Hospital design started...
Ten “Everyday Lean” Examples of Creativity over Capital
There's a fun post on Lifehacker with photos of (and links to details on) ten clever household "hacks."
In the "kaizen" mindset, there's a great...
Video Interview with Dr. Peter Pronovost on Checklists & Patient Safety
Here's a video interview with Dr. Peter Pronovost, author of the book Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change...
Weekend Fun: “The Onion” on a Really Subtle Bad Boss
It's been a crazy week, so I was in the mood for a good chuckle... and the fake news site "The Onion" delivered in...
AME Spring Conference: Art Byrne
Like yesterday's "live blog" post about the Autoliv talk, I also wrote this post as Art Byrne talked, but held it for publication today....
Live Blogging AME Spring Conference: 17 Years of Lean at Autoliv
I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air bags and...
Podcast #172 – Jerry Bussell, Anatomy of a Lean Leader and Abraham Lincoln’s Example
Joining me for episode #172 is Jerry Bussell, previously a guest on episode #137. Today, we're talking about his recent book, Anatomy of a...
Horrible Misinformation about Lean from Minitab
Hat tip to Kevin Meyer for sending me a link to this ridiculous post from the website of Minitab, the maker of statistical software...
