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 raindeer 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
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. His most recent book is 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. His latest book has been released as an "in-progress" book, titled Measures of Success.
On a more serious topic, an interview with Jim Womack and Dan Jones: