Tag: Layoffs

#TBT: Looking Back at Taiichi Ohno’s Book: Lean, Layoffs, Henry Ford,...

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Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me. Sometimes, while on the road,...

Lean Would Be a Solution for What These Nurses Complain About

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In my time working with hospitals, I've always been very sympathetic to front-line nurses (and other staff). They are far too often overburdened and...

The Main Lesson That Businesses (and Hospitals) Can Learn From This...

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If you follow the auto industry, you might have seen headlines this week about how Toyota is being forced to shut down production in...

Is This The One Question That Determines If You’re Truly a...

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I get asked a lot, “How do you know if a hospital is truly ‘Lean?'” Nobody is ever perfect or “fully Lean,” but you could ask, “How do you know if somebody is on a legitimate Lean transformation journey?” If you could only ask one question...

Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More

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It's not uncommon to hear statements thrown around about Lean that are more of a myth than anything resembling reality. I remember the time a...

Why is Today “#WorldNoResourcesDay” and Why Do Words Matter?

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I learned about this the other today via Twitter (hat tip to @agile_memes), but today is "World No Resources Day" (see hashtag #WorldNoResourcesDay). See the...

The Scripps Health CEO is Right About No-Layoffs Policies

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In manufacturing, the term Lean has far too often been synonymous with layoffs. Doing so is more L.A.M.E. than Lean. People get anxious and throw around...

10 Ways That Lean Concepts Respect & Support Healthcare Staff

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Lean provides a philosophy and a management model that should be nothing but good for staff and patients. The idea of “respect for people” might sound nice in principle, but what does it mean in a practical sense...

Reflections on Almost 10 Years in Lean Healthcare

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I often get asked, "How did you get into healthcare?" I was working on a chapter for a Lean healthcare compilation book that's being...

It’s Easy to See Why Labor Would be Upset with This...

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Monday is Labor Day, a holiday here in the United States. Some nursing unions support Lean in healthcare, while others are in opposition. My...

My Thoughts on “10 Ideas That Hospital and Health System CEOs...

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I saw this piece by Bob Herman at Becker's Hospital Review and ended up writing a blog post here instead of writing a long...

Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014

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Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others....