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On Friday, I had a great opportunity to teach a class of healthcare professionals at the Master of Business Operational Excellence (MBOE) program at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. I saw some of their capstone project presentations and…
It’s awesome that Eric Ries puts the video content from The Lean Startup Conference online each year. He’s just uploaded some videos to his YouTube channel, with more to come (including video of my “Ignite” session talk on Lean Healthcare…
Note: Not sure why my blog plugin thinks the links are bad (crossed out), but they work if you click on them: Back in June, I was interviewed on Robbin Block‘s small business show (“Minding Your Business“) that appears online…
As are many people across the United States and around the world, I’m saddened by the violence that claimed so many lives Friday in Newtown, Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The mass shootings that plague our country are incredibly…
Kevin, from BC, shared this video with me about Lean healthcare. It’s only 2.5 minutes long and it has a fun visual style. I’ll give it +1 for focusing on improving being driven by the people who do the work.…
Reflecting more on my recent Japan tour (see previous posts) one word came up in my notes: artifacts. One dictionary definition of that term is straightforward: “any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.” Another…
I sometimes do a “What I’m Reading” post where I share links to good stuff I’ve read recently. Today, I’m dedicating such a post to some recent missives from my friend Paul Levy and his excellent blog, “Not Running a…
My publisher, Productivity Press (part of Taylor & Francis), has a holiday special if you order through their website: Enter promo code MVL17 at checkout to SAVE 25% plus FREE Shipping or call 800-272-7737 and mention promo code MVL17. Some…
Here is a nice story that’s been in my blog’s “to write about” inventory since late October: “Participation in Lean events has renewed my faith in health care.” The piece is written by Heather Thiessen and she was able to…
If you liked my January 2011 podcast with Jack Billi, MD, from the University of Michigan Health System and Medical School, be sure to check out this free webinar on Monday, December 10, delivered by MIT: Lean Thinking in an…
In his kickoff to the Lean Startup Conference, Eric Ries promised that there was so much content and so many speakers crammed into the day that we would all have a headache at some point. Yes, that came true for…
Some of you might not care about college football, but I’m always interested in a story about people gaming a system and what drives that behavior, whether that’s in healthcare (such as not reporting errors) or in sports. We can…
