Monthly Archives: October 2016
Practicing What We Preach at KaiNexus, Learning & Sharing
This week is our 2nd annual KaiNexus User Conference, in Austin... with customers and those who are about to become customers joining us for...
Emmitt Smith, An Inadvertent #Lean Coach at #AMEDallas?
Were there Lean ideas to be found in a tour of AT&T Stadium and an AME Conference speech by NFL great Emmitt Smith?
Celebrating & Sharing Continuous Improvement at Mary Greeley Medical Center
I really enjoyed spending the last two days at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa the last two days.
On Tuesday, there was event...
Repeating the Same #Lean Mistakes Over and Over? Why?
Recently, when I posted a bit from the old 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook (more still to come on that), it allowed me to connect...
Podcast #266 – Karyn Ross on Lean for Service Excellence
My guest for Episode #266 of the podcast is Karyn Ross (@KRCLean4Service on Twitter), co-author of the new book (with Jeff Liker): The Toyota Way to Service Excellence: Lean Transformation in Service Organizations.
This Coffee Maker Wasn’t Error Proofed, So I Got a Lousy Cup of Coffee
When I was on vacation, my wife and I rented an apartment in Beaune, France instead of getting a hotel room. At left is...
Toronto Cyclist Error Proofs With a “Pool Noodle” to Improve His Safety
This article from the Toronto Star caught my eye the other day:
Cyclist says his pool noodle makes Toronto streets safer for him
There was a...
Patriots’ Coach Bill Belichick : Surface Tablets :: Some Doctors : EMR Systems
I saw this article the other day on Deadspin, one of my favorite non-Lean blogs/sites.
Bill Belichick, head coach of the New England Patriots, got...
ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner to Retire; What’s Next for ThedaCare?
A few weeks ago, I saw this announcement about Dean Gruner, MD, the second CEO to lead ThedaCare during their Lean journey:
Dr. Dean Gruner,...
Coming Soon: A Fresh Look at Some Old GM & NUMMI Documents About Lean,...
When I was a graduate student at the MIT Leaders for Global Operations program, one of our visiting professors was Don Ephlin, a former...
Real Productivity Improvement vs. Pressuring Workers; Easier vs. Suboptimizing
When I was in England on vacation recently, I saw this column in the Financial Times:
Listen to your employees and so increase their productivity
And...
“Jiro Dreams of Sushi” & the Kaizen Mindset
I watched the movie "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" for a second time. The film focuses mainly on Jiro Ono, a now 90-year old sushi chef in Tokyo who has received the rare and coveted Michelin 3-star rating for his restaurant. The film reminds me of Lean thinking, especially the drive for Kaizen, or continuous improvement.
