I was traveling yesterday, so I read a number of blog posts that I kept open in my browser for my flight. I wrote an unusually high number of blog comments on other sites yesterday, so it ended up feeling like at least a few blog posts… so I'm tapped out.
In the spirit of a “blog carnival” as we often do, I'm going to link to the stuff I read and commented on, below.
- Jamie Flinchbaugh wrote a post saying that people and employees should not be called “assets” since it might invoke the idea of slavery. I disagreed in my comment here.
- Pete Abilla (@shmula) wrote a new post in a series he's doing about Lean at Starbucks – here is my comment. Instead of talking so much about the “What” and the “How,” Pete focuses on the “Why?” as a starting point.
- Ron Pereira wrote about a subject that strikes a nerve – does a “lean group” that swoops in from the outside to “fix” an area do more harm than good? Probably. I agree with Ron's assessment that this is often more L.A.M.E. than truly lean, because lean is all about the people improving their own work. My comment.
- Professor Barry Render wrote a post about a news story about long waits for doctors and what some clinics are doing about it. My comment is here. Jay and Berry are co-authors of an operations management textbook and they have a relatively new blog, so check it out.
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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He also published the anthology Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
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I Like the Blog Carnival idea…you should do it more often.
It would be cool if there was a way to RSS or consolidate the comments you make on other blogs/articles. I would like to do something like that because I may not have time to write a blog post, but have commented elsewhere. I am suprised something like this hasn’t been developed yet. (Disqus might do it but not every post uses it for comments).