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This is some bonus audio related to an episode of the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast that Professor Jonathan Byrnes and I recorded last week. He is a Senior Lecturer at MIT. I'm going to release his full episode in mid-May where…
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Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing ofpauloneilllegacy.com. He was, among other things, the CEO of Alcoa, United States Treasury Secretary, and non-executive Chairman of the firm Value Capture -- a firm that I have been…
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In my recent podcast with Ritsuo Shingo, one topic was the history of the acronym "SMED" -- it stands for "Single-Minute Exchange of Die," referring to how long it takes to do a "die change" on a machine like a stamping press. The "die" is…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources, and links about creating value, continuous improvement, innovation, and…
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I've been a fan of Dr. Marty Makary and his work for a while now. He has written about the systemic problems in healthcare that lead to so much harm and death as a result of preventable medical errors, including his book Unaccountable:…
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My previous post in this series: A Lean Guy Gets Vaccinated at Dodger Stadium On Saturday, March 6th, I had the opportunity to visit two mass vaccination sites that were each being run in partnership with the UC San Diego Health System.…
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It's the second pandemic April Fool's Day. Like last year, I wasn't in the mood to do anything for April Fools' Day this year and I understand if you're not in the mood, either. But, here are my posts and pranks from previous years…
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This past year, due to Covid, I wasn't able to be on site with a healthcare organization for 359 days. That's almost a full year, of course. In the past three weeks, I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit four different…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources, and links about creating value, continuous improvement, innovation, and…
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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients What have doctors learned about treating Covid-19 in the…
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