Friday, I shared my song “Gemba Claus is Comin' to Town” and I thought I was done posting for the year.
But, my wife and I were watching a recording of the old “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer” special. We couldn't help noticing that the show has a lot of awful themes — for example, there's a lot of bullying that occurs when a reindeer or a boy is different than the rest. I'm not sure how that's an uplifting Christmas tale.
In the special, Santa is pretty skinny. A running joke was that Mrs. Claus was trying to fatten him up for Christmas. Jim Womack from LEI is thin, so the resemblance was even more striking throughout the hour:
Ho, ho, ho! Maybe Santa will bring you gifts from the LEI bookstore…
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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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On a more serious topic, an interview with Jim Womack and Dan Jones: