Monthly Archives: May 2012
Changing Leadership Styles with Lean
As I've heard people say, Lean management isn't necessarily complicated - it's just very different.
In an organization that is undergoing a "Lean transformation," leaders...
Scared to Death: Worry about hospital errors, not pink slime
I had an article published in a California newspaper and it will hopefully be picked up by others. The headline is "Scared to Death:...
Podcast #147 – Scott Patten and Peter Armstrong, Founders of LeanPub.com, Part 2 on...
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Episode #147 is a part two of a conversation with Scott Patten and Peter Armstrong from LeanPub.com (listen to part one in episode #140). They...
What’s Wrong with “What’s Wrong With the Lean Start-up”
A few years back, I coined a really bad acronym: L.A.M.E. One of the things it can mean is "Lean As Mistakenly Explained." It's...
All Saudi hospitals to report serious errors online
I don't have any first hand experience with the country, but I have had many requests for the free first chapters of my books...
Stuff I’m Reading: False Alarms, Fraud, Failures & Two Good News Stories
Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest related to Lean, systems, and improvement. The "good news"...
Not Exactly News – TSA Wastes Money
While the hurdles to systemic Lean healthcare transformation are high (see the payment system challenges discussed in John Toussaint's new book), I am generally...
You (One of You) Might be Searching for Waste Wrong :-)
So I was checking out the server logs for the website for my upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen (because, yes, my life is just...
Blame Outsourcing or Bad Processes & Bad Management?
This article from the Vancouver Sun caught my eye: "Outbreaks show the vital role of hospital cleaners." The article is written by a union...
TED Video: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
There's a new TED conference video from April 2012 featuring Dr. Atul Gawande, author of amazing books including The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get...
Stuff I’m Reading, May 7, 2012: Nurses, Blame, Government, Apple in China
Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics:
Twin boys die...
Let’s Save Patients by Standardizing the Standardized Colors
Update: The charity auctions that ended last night raised $420 for Friends of the Orphans. Thanks to all who bid and bought (and donated...
