Monthly Archives: November 2016
Human Nature Around Incentives & Rewards… Even in North Korea?
Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to warn against replacing intrinsic motivation with extrinsic rewards and incentives.
Brian Joiner (author of Fourth Generation Management), who worked...
Free Webinar: How a Hospital Spreads Continuous Improvement with @KaiNexus
On Wednesday at 1 pm ET, I hosted another free webinar in our KaiNexus Webinar series.
The presenter was Tania Lyon, Director, Organizational Performance Improvement at...
Podcast #268 – @TomEhrenfeld, on #Lean Books & #LeanStartup
My guest for Episode #268 is a long-time friend of mine in the Lean community and Lean Enterprise Institute circles, Tom Ehrenfeld (@tomehrenfeld).
Tom is...
How Lean Thinkers Shop? Plus the Lean Blog Holiday Gift Guide 2016
I'm guessing most "Lean thinkers" stayed home the other day on the "Black Friday" shopping day. Why might this be?
For one, I think we tend...
Giving Thanks for Giving Back: Toyota Helps Another Food Bank
Yesterday was the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., so I hope you enjoyed the day if you're here and celebrating the holiday.
I saw this...
Lean Thanksgiving: Streamlining Your Holiday Dinner Preparation
It's almost Thanksgiving here in the United States, so I'll be taking the rest of the week off from the blog to enjoy some...
Lean People Don’t Say Things Like “Idiot Proofing”
I've long been skeptical of so-called "Lean Sigma" or "Lean Six Sigma." And not because I'm against Six Sigma statistical methods, which are valid...
Reasons Why Lean Wouldn’t Always Be Easier Just Because You’re in Japan
Facebook is reminding me that it was four years ago this week that I made my initial study trip to Japan with Kaizen Institute......
21 Things That Are Pretty Universal in My Global Lean Healthcare Travels
I do a lot of work across the U.S., but I've also been very fortunate to work with hospitals, clinics, and health systems around...
[Article] Creating a New “Gold Standard” — Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices from Other...
Thanks again to Cardinal Health for sponsoring the webinar that I did with them and Fierce Healthcare on supply chain best practices from other...
Highlights from the Original 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook, Part 1
I recently wrote about my exploration of the collected papers of the late Don Ephlin, a UAW senior leader and a professor of mine at...
How Can a Story Like This Occur in Any E.D., Yet Alone a Hospital...
This story was sent to me by somebody I know with a Lean manufacturing career. It's shocking, but it could happen anywhere, I suppose....
