Why “More Nurses” Isn’t the Best Way to Solve What Ails…
There are certainly many serious problems in healthcare. Let's look at nursing, in particular. It's a rewarding…
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The One Where a Dog Reviews the Strategy Deployment Metrics Wall
I've had some cartoons on the blog before, including a few "Doofus & Leanies." I can't draw at all, believe me…
Kaizen: What if We Get Bad Ideas from Employees?
In our Healthcare Kaizen books, Joe Swartz and I have tried to make the case that the Kaizen style of continuous…
Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based on a Percentage of Cost Savings?
The price paid for most management consulting work is based on either a daily rate or some variation of a…
10 (Actually, 20) of the Most Read LeanBlog.org Posts in 2013
Thanks everybody for reading my blog in 2013! I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to read and…
Lean, Deming, and “Accountability”
Today, I'm spending the day with a health system and their quarterly management retreat, which includes about 200…
Toyota, Respect for People (or “Humanity”) and Lean
A principle that has been often discussed (and hopefully practiced) in the Lean community over the past few…
Just Call it “5S Six Sigma” Instead of “Lean Sigma,”…
My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never…
A Hard Habit to Break
No, this isn't a post about the the 80s Chicago tune "Hard Habit to Break." It's about individual habits related to…
A Video Showing Office 5S Gone Wrong
You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting new recycling…
Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma
I've often blogged about Dilbert and "dilbert lean" is a fairly common search term, so I thought I'd do my best to…
Time & Motion Studies Are Not “Discredited,” Just How They Are…
First off, a huge thumbs up and thanks are due to Eric Ries and his thought-provoking "Startup Lessons Learned"…
Does Setting a Goal for Number of Kaizens Violate “Kaizen Spirit”?
In discussions of "kaizen" (the Japanese word that is translated to "continuous improvement" or "change for the…
What Are Barriers to “Kaizen” in Healthcare?
Regular readers might know that I'm working on a second book project, about "kaizen" (continuous improvement) in…
Two Extreme Sides to Every Story in Politics *and* Lean??
This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at…
April Fool: A New Way to Learn Lean? Wii Lean!
Note: I edited the post title on April 3 to make it clear this was an April Fool's Joke. Comments posted by readers…
How Checklists Help Me With My Podcasts
Regular followers of my blog know that I've been creating audio podcasts since 2006. Later today (at 3 PM), I am…
A Pharmacist’s Jail Cell Interview – What Good Does Blame Do?
Here's one to ponder and comment on - does putting a pharmacist in jail for six months and ruining his career and…