Monthly Archives: December 2013

Videos Look Inside the Tesla (former NUMMI) Factory – Will They Be More like...

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I was able to tour the NUMMI factory in 2005, which I really enjoyed (see my series of blog posts here). NUMMI was, of...

What I’m Reading 12/30/13: GM’s CEO, Human Error, Costing, and Really Deep Sleepers

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To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...

10 (Actually, 20) of the Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts in 2013

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Thanks everybody for reading my blog in 2013! I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to read and participate in the...

Podcast #188 – Daniel T. Jones, 25 Years of Lean & More – The...

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Listen: My guest for Episode 188 has been a leading voice in the Lean community for 25 years, Daniel T. Jones, founder and chairman of...

Online Lean Healthcare Class through LEI, More Upcoming Kaizen Classes

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In addition to the Healthcare Kaizen class that Joe Swartz and I are doing in Detroit on January 22 (with a 10% reader discount), we...

Belated Book Review: The Machine That Changed The World

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Mark's note: Christina Kach is back with a new post, this time a review of what should probably be considered a "Lean classic." Come...

Guest Post: Book Chapter on VIBCO and “Captain Karl”

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Mark's note: Today's guest post is an excerpt from the book Remarkable by Toby LaVigne. Toby's bio can be found at the bottom of this...

The #Lean Post: More Thoughts on John Shook’s #LeanStartup Talk

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After posting some raw notes yesterday on John Shook's talk, I wrote a piece for the LEI's "Lean Post" site that appears today. In the...

John Shook – #Lean Production Meets #LeanStartup

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After their recent recorded conversation, it was great to see John Shook, CEO of LEI, and Eric Ries, Author of  The Lean Startup together...

Notes from Day 1 of the #LeanStartup Conference 2013

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It was an amazing first day of the Lean Startup conference yesterday in San Francisco. Videos will be available online soon, but for now...

Preview of My #LeanStartup Conference Talk – Engaging Your Team in Continuous Improvement

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Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the Lean Startup conference in San Francisco (the event produced by Eric Ries, the author of The Lean Startup)....

LinkedIn Post: American Airlines Cannot or Will Not Serve Their Customers?

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I wrote a post for the LinkedIn Influencers series: American Airlines Should Own Their Situation, Not Just Blame the Weather Looking at this problem (long phone...