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Hi, it’s episode 5 of our “Lean Whiskey” podcast where we mostly talk about Lean and maybe chat just little bit about whiskey. Joining me today is a guest host, my friend Paul Critchley. Paul has been a guest blogger…
Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients In 2008, I worked at a hospital when, during an Executive meeting, an Executive suggested that patients are sometimes harmed during their care. There was much discourse on whether this was true, or if true,…
Back in March, I was able to have Barry O’Reilly, author of the excellent book Unlearn as a guest on my Lean Blog Interviews podcast. Barry was also kind enough to do a webinar presentation that I hosted through KaiNexus.…
Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, passed away on July 2. Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of EDS, also passed away a week later. In reading about him recently, I learned Perot didn’t like to be called “H.…
tl;dr: A small personal annoyance led me through an informal PDSA cycle and revealed how flawed mental models and vague “standardized work” can create problems. Even everyday habits improve when we test assumptions, learn from results, and adjust–just like in…
Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2019! It’s been an interesting year on the blog, as usual, and I appreciate you taking time out of your busy lives to read and participate in the discussion. I hope this site will continue…
tl;dr: Wineries in Spain and France–many with centuries of history–continue to improve through experimentation. They run small tests, learn from both successes and failures, and adapt over time. It’s a clear real-world example of PDSA in action: long-term excellence comes…
This past Saturday was, of course, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It still puzzles me why mankind hasn’t been back on the moon in my lifetime — see an article about that. The first trip to the…
Hi All – Summer in Manitoba requires part-time work, as the precious weeks of glorious weather need to be savoured and stored up for the grueling winters. As such, I give you a summary of the most frequently clicked links from…
Regular readers will realize I’ve been away from the blog a lot this month. I was fortunate to get away for two weeks of vacation in Spain and France with family and friends. Blog readership is always low in July,…
After the last episode that had the first guest host (Chris Burnham), I’m once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another “Lean Whiskey” podcast. In Episode 4 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh (and a cameo from his…
Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR: “How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a Surgical Checklist“ Seeing the word “resistance” always makes me wonder if the health system in the article was blaming surgeons (or…
