Monthly Archives: January 2010
A Pop-Culture “PDCA” Cycle?
A few random thoughts from being on the couch all day Sunday, catching up on work and watching a bit of NFL football. One,...
Hospital Looking for a “Sensi”??
A year or two ago, I saw a hospital job posting for a Lean implementer. This hospital wanted every certification under the sun, including...
What is Lean Sigma? Video from Johns Hopkins
Here is a short video from Johns Hopkins Medicine, a member of the Healthcare Value Network, an effort I help facilitate through the Lean...
Leading Lean A-Z: K, Be Kinetic
This continues a series titled Leading Lean A-Z. This post is K: Be Kinetic.
Did you ever have one of those days where you just...
2009 Management Improvement Carnival
It's an honor to again contribute to John Hunter's amalgamated Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The main page is located here. Ten bloggers are each...
LeanBlog Podcast #81: Rob Bryant, CSC
Podcast #81 is an interview with Rob Bryant, VP for Quality with CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation). In this podcast, we talk about how CSC,...
Dr. Gawande & Checklists Featured on NPR
Thanks to my friend Amber for telling me about Dr. Atul Gawande's interview on NPR's Morning Edition yesterday. Regular readers of the blog will...
Of Course An Individual Got Blamed for this TSA Airport Security Breach
Update (1/7/10): Turns out the TSA agent walked away from his post. I'd certainly hold someone accountable for that, since it was a conscious...
5 Years of the Lean Blog
I just realized that Sunday was what appears to be the 5th anniversary / birthday of my Lean Blog. I always let that milestone...
10 Things I Wish Lean Practitioners Wouldn’t Say in 2010
In the blog tradition of "Top 10" lists (and "do not say" lists, like this one from Time or this workplace list from CNN),...
Are Slogans Always Bad or Can They Inspire?
Many of you know I'm an alum of Northwestern University, graduating just prior to the Rose Bowl season of 1995. I'm a huge NU...
