Tag: NYTimes
Virginia Mason Mentions Learnings from Toyota in Full-Page NY Times Ad
Hat tip to regular blog reader Andrew B. for letting me know that A17 of today's New York Times was a full page ad...
Sick Hospitals Visitors, Stay Away. Sick Doc? A-OK?
There was an interesting blog post at the New York Times: "The Doctor Is In (but Shouldn't Be)." The piece talks about the healthcare...
How Can We Prevent This Medical Error?
A number of readers emailed me a link to this New York Times article: "U.S. Inaction Lets Look-Alike Tubes Kill Patients." The headline emphasizes...
Hospital Advertises 3-Second Savings – Will the Public Care?
Hat tip to Helen Z. for finding this full-page print ad in the New York Times. The full ad appears below in this post,...
Lean Healthcare Featured in Sunday’s New York Times Business Page
Today's edition of The New York Times has an outstanding article about Lean Healthcare and what Seattle Children's Hospital calls C.P.I. or Continuous Performance...
Happy Birthday Frank Gilbreth; Reducing Waste in Hospitals… Green is Lean
Today, July 7, is the birthday of Frank Gilbreth, born this day in 1868. While some of his methods arguably ranked low on the...
Notes from Dr. Brent James Teaching at the Shingo Prize Conference...
At last week's Shingo Prize conference, I was very excited to meet Dr. Stephen Covey (my podcast is here), but I was just as...
Eric Ries and Lean Startups in the NY Times
Looking ahead to Wednesday's free LEI webinar "Lessons from Lean Startups" with Eric Ries, it's exciting to see Eric and Steve Blank featured in...
Standardized Work for Home Appliances
Stepping away from serious issues, let's talk about things that can really get heated -- like washers and dryers (rim shot). Sorry for the...
The NY Times on How The U.S. Needs to Manufacture Again
Op-Ed Columnist - An American Catastrophe - NYTimes.com
This article caught my eye since I grew up outside of Detroit and my mom is still...
NY Times on Standardization, Deming, and Lean Principles in Healthcare
If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It - NYTimes.com
About 10 people sent me this article via the...
Leadership Lessons from Larry Kellner
Corner Office - Bad News or Good, Continental's Chief Wants to Know - Question - NYTimes.comThis interview with Larry Keller, CEO of Continental Airlines,...
