A Few Random Links – Oct 22 2010
It’s time for a Lean Blog feature where I throw a few links at you – articles I’ve saved and read that maybe don’t merit a full post, but are worth sharing and making a brief comment on. I often…
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What I Read and Commented On Yesterday in the Lean and Operations Blogosphere
I was traveling yesterday, so I read a number of blog posts that I kept open in my browser for my flight. I wrote an unusually high number of blog comments on other sites yesterday, so it ended up feeling…
My Anti-Handwashing-Poster Poster
Hospital acquired infections continue to be a big problem, one that’s often unsolved except for instances like Dr. Rick Shannon’s work at West Penn-Allegheny and UPenn and the “checklists” approach used at a number of hospitals around the world. One…
Seth Godin Catches All Manufacturers, Unfairly, in his “Factory Thinking” Net
I really like Seth Godin’s writing – his blog on marketing is one that I have followed regularly for years and his book Purple Cow is a fun read about creating a service or product that delights and wows your…
Dave Crenshaw, Interview with the Author of ‘The Myth of Multitasking’ and Other Best-Selling Books
Listen: Wow, 100 episodes of my podcast since 2006! For this episode, I’m thankful to have the author of one of my favorite books in the last two years – Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing…
Two Upcoming Lean Healthcare Books from Seattle
I’m really excited about these two books coming out later this year — both from innovative leading lean healthcare organizations in Seattle. What’s in the water in Seattle? Actually, it’s more a matter of the Boeing influence, with the spread…
Guest Post: Why is Healthcare Not Adopting Lean Fast Enough?
Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is from Tony Manos (bio at the end of the post): I was talking with a hospital CEO last week and we had a very wonderful conversation about all the great changes going on at…
The Article I *Wish* I Had Read about Starbucks in Yesterday’s WSJ
For a more traditional approach to this topic, check out this alternative post, “Real Lean at Starbucks or Tayloristic Industrial Engineering?“. Below is the more creative approach to addressing yesterday’s WSJ article about Lean at Starbucks. Read the WSJ article…
Is it “Real Lean” at Starbucks or “Tayloristic Industrial Engineering”?
Once again, the WSJ has written about Lean at Starbucks (see my last post “Controversy over New Standardized Work at Some Starbucks Stores“) in Wednesday’s paper. The newest article is called “At Starbucks, Baristas Told No More Than Two Drinks“,…
From Workshop Discussion at LEI – What Lean Is and What Lean Is Not
The last two days, I’ve been facilitating my LEI workshop called “Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare.” We had a great group and had a number of people who had a good amount of Lean healthcare experience. To help baseline…
Lean, Joy, and Kaizen: Why Paul Akers and FastCap Show What’s Possible
I had an amazing conversation on Saturday with Paul Akers (pictured at left), the founder and president of FastCap, a company in Washington, a former Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat, and the host of “The American Innovator” radio…
Podcast #99 – The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development
For episode #99 of the podcast, I’m talking with the authors of the book The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany. My guests are Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits. Both are…
