Monthly Archives: October 2007
The Same Kind of Different Car Company
A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect...
A Lean Guy Reads the Seattle Times
I've done this before with the WSJ... since I was in Seattle, I saw the Sunday Seattle Times, which had many articles that had...
Bragging About Long Cycle Time?
Thanks to a Lean Blog reader, Ryan, for sending this in (click on the ad for a larger image). He asked why BMW...
Sunday Night Muda
I'm in Seattle, about a mile from the stadium where the Seahawks are playing the Saints tonight. I was tempted to get a ticket,...
Waste in Auto Marketing
Guest Post By Mike Thelen:--------------------------------I received an interesting piece of "junk mail" this morning. What caught my attention and provoked me to open...
Copying Toyota’s Past Practices or Toyota’s Thinking?
With our Lean efforts, it's always good to ask, are we:Copying Toyota's past methods,Copying Toyota's current methods ORCopying Toyota's thought process and conceptsIf you're...
Long-Term vs Short-Term in Sports
About a week ago, I heard ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd on my way to the airport. He was ranting about the stupid business...
Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2
Here is a follow up to Part 1 of the recent Q&A I've facilitated with our friend, Dr. Bahri. Thanks to the blog...
My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 3
Click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of the series of posts about my visit to Dr. Sami Bahri, the "World's First Lean...
Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 1
Thanks again to Dr. Sami Bahri for hosting me last week. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 of my visit report, stay...
Are Errors Inevitable??
Huge Price Paid for Stupid, Careless Medical Error | TortdeformLots of discussion of the sad case of the mixed up laboratory specimens and Darrie...
Thanks Again to Our Sponsors
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