Japanese CEOs and Leadership
Toyota Posts Big Loss, Signals More to Come – WSJ.com I saw this article on Saturday and it reminded me to go ahead and blog about a few other articles I’ve seen about Japanese CEOs lately. The big news about…
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This Year’s WSJ “JIT”-Bashing Article, Again Misguided
Clarity Is Missing Link in Supply Chain – WSJ.com Ah, here we go, it’s time for the annual Just-In-Time-bashing article from the Wall Street Journal. Some past “the WSJ doesn’t get it” posts include: This WSJ Article (as do Many…
Doofus and Leanie Cartoon #2 – No Blame
Here’s the 2nd in the “Doofus and Leanie” series (a parody of “Goofus and Gallant”). Cartoons can be accessed via www.doofusandleanie.com. Text by Mark Graban, Artwork by Ed Butler: HELL BOUND www.hellboundcomics.com ILLUSTRATION ww.edbutlerillustration.wordpress.com
Save $1 Trillion in Healthcare Costs with Lean and the Toyota Production System
I blogged earlier about the Obama administration’s announcement that the healthcare industry is promising $2 Trillion in savings (reduced cost increases) over the next 10 years. Hooray, we set a goal. The announcements were light on how to do this……
Hospital Resume Journey and Tough Love
Lean Leap to Health Care #6 (click for Part #5) by Scott McDuffee “With this resume, you will never even get looked at from anyone at a hospital,” she said, tossing my resume back at me. “And, what’s a Lean…
Updated: Cutting Health Care Costs? By What Method??
Health-Care Providers Pledge to Try to Curb Costs – WSJ.com Industry reps offer $2 trillion in health savings You’ve likely seen headlines today about a meeting at the White House (ah, more meetings!) where the health care industry has agreed…
Upcoming Lean Conferences and Webinars
Here are a few upcoming events to mention: Webinar with Mike Micklewright as Dr. Deming Free Webinar with Dr. Sami Bahri, “The World’s First Lean Dentist” ValuMetrix Services Lean Workshop in Louisville KY Dan Jones / Lean Enterprise Academy Lean…
Jim Womack on BBC World Business News
BBC World Service – Business – 5/05/2009 – Car Crash The BBC aired a revisiting of a story from 2007, I found this thanks to an alert on Twitter, a message from a guy named @KanuDawg said: Some guy named…
Leadership Thoughts from Late Great Detroit Pistons
NBA, Olympic coach Chuck Daly dies at 78 I grew up outside of Detroit during the Detroit Pistons “Bad Boys” era so I spent a lot of time watching Chuck Daly, who just passed away yesterday. Daly had a reputation…
The Real Dr. Deming – "Prophet Unheard" Video
If you’re not familiar with Dr. W. Edwards Deming, check out this 30 minute special, put on YouTube in three pieces. Look at the 1980’s videos of American smashing Japanese import cars with sledgehammers. That was a mature response to…
You Observe A Lot Just By Watching – Then What?
Learned 2 things from this pic: men are taller than women; wh… on Twitpic Scott McDuffee referenced the “Yogi-ism” the other day, that you see a lot just by watching or observing. When we teach people Lean in hospitals, half…
Detroit Medical Center Radio Ad – Selling Quality and Patient Safety
Thanks to XM Radio, I was able to listen to Sunday’s Detroit Red Wings playoff game and the WJR radio broadcast from Detroit (the “great voice of the Great Lakes”). I heard a commercial a few times that I managed…
