Better questions, wiser answers – The Washington Times A “hat tip” to the curious cat for finding this excellent column by Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer of the outstanding documentary and DVD “Good News… Hospitals Heal Themselves.” I’m paraphrasing, but Clare…
Article Link – Chrysler Picks a Chery So Chrysler is going the route of importing inexpensive cars from China. The deal was signed, in China, on the 4th of July, which is a curious date for finalizing such an agreement.…
Dollars and Sense: Company leaders must drive innovation Here’s a short and sweet commentary about the Toyota problem solving process, “Ohno Circles,” and mention of a new friend of the Lean Blog, Matthew May. It asks, in part: In American…
Visual-Lean Institute Forums ~ View Forum Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, a very popular guest on my Podcast, has a new web forum focused on visual management and “visuality.” It’s a new forum and, as I know with my LeanBoard, it can…
IndustryWeek — Prerequisites for Lean Success: Learning From Toyota Event Registration This should be an excellent webcast, featuring Art Smalley. I’ll be registering for this, even if I can’t watch it live that day. People often want to rush into…
Over on the leanboard.org site, click here for the specific job posting or here for the general job board. This is a free service for all parties. The first part of the description: Deep Lean Specialist As client demand in…
I was going back through my notes from the First Global Lean Healthcare Summit and thankful for the many wonderful thoughts and tidbits that I learned or re-learned. One was a nice way of summarizing the different forms of a…
Presentation Link from TWI Summit Thanks to Blog reader Jeff for sending this along. Jeff sends glowing reports about the first ever TWI Summit that he was able to attend recently. The Shook presentation material is outstanding. I had a…
Hard-up hospital orders staff: Don’t wash sheets – turn them over the Daily Mail Updated: The hospital denies the claims (as has a commenter on this post) This is NOT good problem solving or good patient care, if this is…
What are your thoughts? I wrote last week about my thoughts and hopes for the movie “SiCKO”. I’ve actually seen the film now. I won’t go into the details of how I managed to see it without any money flowing…
Safety rules not followed on ride that killed worker | Chicago Tribune A safety precaution put in place for a thrill ride after a fatal accident three years ago wasn’t being followed when a worker was killed on the same…
There were a couple of articles in the WSJ this past week that, in an indirect way, talk about the value of being at the “gemba” as a manager (gemba is a Japanese word that means “the actual place” where…
