Tag: Respect for People

Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad

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If you've been anywhere near a TV lately, you've probably heard and seen this hypnotizing "What is iPad?" commercial (YouTube link). The announcer breathlessly...

Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Conference, Part 2 – His...

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Last week, I published Part 1 of my notes about a breakfast talk by Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Prize Conference. https://www.leanblog.org/2010/05/notes-from-dr-brent-james-at-the-shingo-prize-part-1/ One of the...

Lean Blog Podcast #91 – Interview with Dr. Stephen Covey on...

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Listen: Episode #91 is a very special one-on-one conversation that I had with Dr. Stephen Covey, recorded at the Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake...

Guest Post: Deming, Lean, and Healthcare Transformation

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Mark's note: I'm happy to welcome a relatively new friend,  Mike Stoecklein, as a guest author here on my Lean Blog. We have shared...

Retaining Employees through Respect and Development

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I was recently in Toronto and I heard a story on an AM news station that really caught my ear. I have searched on...

Lucian Leape Loathes Lean or “L.A.M.E.”?

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Noted patient safety expert Dr. Lucian Leape spoke out recently about medical school culture being a root cause of poor quality (see my blog...

How the Gold Medal Puck Was Almost Lost

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As an American, and a Red Wings fan, it pains me, in a way, to write about Sidney Crosby and the Canadian team's overtime...

How “Training With Industry” Helped in This Hospital Laboratory

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On Friday, I co-presented at the Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare Division conference in Atlanta. It was the first time this was...

Familiar Voices and New Voices on Lean

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You heard enough from me yesterday... today I want to share some other voices with you and their thoughts on Lean. First, familiar voices...

L.A.M.E. as Heard on NPR?

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Oh no, it seems like a L.A.M.E. ("Lean As Misguidedly Executed") story on NPR's All Things Considered program. No wonder some people hate the...

Great Newsweek Cover Story on Why Layoffs Are Harmful

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I had long given up on Newsweek as a source of news (hey, at least it's published weekly unlike IndustryWeek). But this cover caught...

Akron Children’s Hospital Embraces Lean

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Here is an article that discusses the adoption of Lean methods at Akron Children's Hospital ("Hospital embraces lean strategies of manufacturing"). The article spells out...