Monthly Archives: November 2006
The TSA & Explaining "Why"?
Lean was on my brain traveling home yesterday. Mostly bad examples, but one thing jumped out at me, somewhat positive.I love the TPS...
New Quint Studer Leadership Blog
Sharing thoughts, ideas and suggestions on hardwiring success
I've written before about former hospital CEO and healthcare consultant Quint Studer and his amazing book "Hardwiring...
GM Thinks Its Entitled to Price Increases – WRONG
Materials costs force GM to raise pricesYet another example of a non-lean mindset company thinking they are entitled to price increases because costs went...
Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Applying Lean Tools to University Courses
By Luke Van Dongen
For me, the topic of applying lean principles and tools to the classroom was the best part of the Linking Lean...
Old-Timey Roller Skate "Productivity"
Tale of a Warehouse Shows How Chicago Weathers a Decline - WSJ.comThe article linked to above is OK, about how Chicago is diversifying its...
Frustrated Champions
By Mark Edmondson, LEAN AffiliatesLast week I had three unrelated yet similar phone conversations that you, an executive in pursuit of excellence, may find...
The Tragedy of Waste
By Luke Van DongenI was very fortunate to have met Bob Emiliani at the Linking Lean Thinking to Education conference in Worcester Mass last...
Another Reason for Lean Healthcare
Businesses may move health care overseas - Yahoo! NewsI'm by no means a protectionist, nor do I automatically think any doctors or hospitals outside...
Dr. Kovach is Part of a System…
... and the system sucks!"
That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the...
Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Lean Certification
My apologies for the delay in following through with posts from the EdNet / LEAN conference. Here's a bit on one of the...
Creating a Culture of Lean Continuous Improvement: A Conversation with David Mann
LeanBlog Podcast Episode #9 is a discussion with David Mann, the author of the excellent book Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean...
WSJ’s Wrong Conclusion on Frederick Taylor
Deja Vu - WSJ.com "Early Industry Expert Soon Realized a Staff Had Its Own Efficiency"
The WSJ has it wrong on manufacturing, once again. ...
