I'll be a guest this Friday July 22, at 2 pm EDT, on the internet video show “Quality Digest Live,” talking about the new third edition of Lean Hospitals and other topics.
Here's the recording of the interview:
We'll probably also talk about this article that was published yesterday on QualityDigest.com:
“Lean Is About Quality, Not Just Speed or Efficiency… in Factories or in Hospitals“
It might ruffle some feathers, but oh well. I'll stand by what I say here as factual, not just opinion:
Regular readers of this blog will recognize the themes of “L.A.M.E.” or Lean As Misguidedly Explained.
Hear Mark read this post & the Quality Digest article (subscribe to the podcast series):
In the article, I reference something you might also remember, this video that I blogged about:
I reference this video in the Quality Digest article.
It's still very wrong…. WRONG!
The sub-headline talks about how “There's a lot of misinformation about lean and Six Sigma.” I'm really talking about the misinformation about Lean, often under the guise of so-called “Lean Sigma.”
I don't mean to just pick on other consultants who I think are wrong in their view of Lean. I think this sort of misinformation is harmful to organizations that get sidetracked by it, and it's also harmful to the Lean movement.
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