Monthly Archives: May 2011
“Startups Lessons Learned” Simulcast in Dallas 5/23
If you're interested in the Lean Startup methodology - as an entrepreneur or an "intra-preneur" within a big company, check out Eric Ries' "Startup...
Guest Post: Misuse of Rules and Rewards
As Mark Graban stated in a recent post, "People fear or assume that a factory is...mindless, monotonous, repetitive..." These sentiments may come from observation...
As Seen on TV: Random Lean Terms in Commercials
On a recent Sunday morning, I was watching cable news channels and two different commercials had a word jump out at me, words that...
Guest Post: Relying on Culture or Technology to Improve Patient Safety?
Today's post is from my friend Naida Grunden, author of the outstanding book The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using Toyota...
Podcast #118 – Jim Womack on GM, Toyota & Lean Six Sigma, Author of...
Episode #118 is a follow-up to podcast #116 with Jim Womack, founder and former Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, now their Senior Advisor...
Free White Paper on Strategy Deployment in Healthcare
In conjunction with our newly released DVD on strategy deployment in healthcare, the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value has released a new white paper...
New DVD – “Thinking Lean at ThedaCare: Strategy Deployment”
Sorry for what might seem like a very promotional post, but I'm happy to share some details with you about a project I've been...
How “Waste” is Like Osama Bin Laden
A few days ago, as I was glued to the coverage of Osama Bin Laden's death and the implications around the world, I was...
Are We 84.7% Certain We’re in the 90th Percentile?
Of course patient satisfaction is important for hospitals to focus on. This is often a vague and uncertain thing to measure, but as Dr....
Special Discount Code for “Startup Lessons Learned” Conference
I'm happy to be able to offer a special discount code for Eric Ries' "Startup Lessons Learned" Conference.
Startup Lessons Learned 2011
Monday, May 23rd
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Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?”
Mark's Note: Today's post is from Al Norval, with the firm Lean Pathways, Inc.
In the Lean world, we hear all kinds of Japanese...
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...
