Monthly Archives: March 2014
Fighting “We’ve Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball
I found a picture (posted by Jamie Voster on LinkedIn) and I re-shared it through my account. Neither Jamie nor I know where the...
Good Questions, But With Some Misunderstandings about Lean Healthcare
In 2009, I wrote about a nurses' union in New Brunswick that supported Lean because they realized this methodology could help reduce waiting times and...
Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage...
The price paid for most management consulting work is based on either a daily rate or some variation of a flat-rate fee based on...
Henry Ford & Hospitals, Nearly 100 Years Ago
My life and work takes me to interesting places. In late 2012, I was able to visit Japan for the first time, visiting the...
Lean Thinking: We Don’t Blame Individuals for Systemic Errors
I saw this video last night on Paul Levy's blog and it's important enough that I want to share it here with a few...
More on Lean in Saskatchewan
Since the healthcare improvement work I do is apolitical and non-partisan, I'm generally not one to butt into the political affairs of Canada or...
“It’s Gotten Political” in Saskatchewan Lean Healthcare. Of Course.
After some supporters of the Saskatchewan Lean healthcare efforts reached out to me, I've been trying to follow everything that's being said and written...
A Collection of Past Posts About Lean, Basketball, and the Workplace
Since today is the first full day of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, many of you might be checking scores or watching games instead...
Did GM Forget that the Customer Should Come First? And Who Forgot Exactly?
I wrote an article for LinkedIn yesterday about the recent GM ignition problem controversy and recall. I commented mainly on the video put out...
Podcast #196 – Jim Huntzinger, What is TWI (Training Within Industry)?
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My guest for episode 196 is Jim Huntzinger, founder of Lean Frontiers. Today, we're talking about the Training Within Industry methodology and his new...
Is it Lean’s Fault or the Old Management System’s?
It's easy for an organization to say they are "doing Lean" or they have "started a Lean transformation." They might hire a consultant or...
A Whiteboard Accident Waiting to Happen – How to Error Proof?
Yesterday, Jim Benson and I were facilitating a "Lean for Knowledge Work" class at Geekdom in San Antonio and had a great time with...
