What is "Gemba Academy"??
Gemba Academy – Launching March 2009 Ah, I love a mystery…. big tease ad on the Lean Six Sigma Academy website about something due to launch in March… the “Gemba Academy.” Ron has previously talked about a new venture of…
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Randy Russell on Lean in Law Enforcement, Part 2: 5S, Standard Work, and Saving Lives
Podcast Episode #60 is the second part of a two-parter with retired Lt. Randy Russell of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, an innovator in the use of Lean methods for improving law enforcement (Part 1, Episode #51 is here). This second…
Organizations that Promote Lean Healthcare
Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series: Organizations that Promote Lean Healthcare Lean Enterprise Institute ThedaCare Center for Heathcare Value Healthcare Value Leaders Lean Enterprise Academy Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Health Service (UK) Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative Perfecting Patient Care Note:…
Lean Healthcare Consulting Case Studies
Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series: Lean Healthcare Consulting Case Studies: ValuMetrix Services Rona Consulting Simpler Consulting Healthcare Healthcare Performance Partners Joan Wellman Associates Guidon Performance Solutions Healthcare Case Studies Lean Healthcare West Rule 4 Consulting GE Healthcare Performance Solutions TechSolve…
Stories about Moving into Healthcare
Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series: Stories about Moving from Other Industries Into Healthcare: Mark Graban: “A Year in Healthcare” post from 2006 Podcast with Dean Bliss (moved from engineering to healthcare) What Factory Managers Can Teach Hospital Wards (WSJ from…
The Need for Lean E.D. in N.Z.
Code red in the nation’s hospital corridors | CLOSE UP Thanks to Michael from New Zealand for pointing this story to me. The link above has an 11 minute video on from their equivalent of a 60 Minutes type show.…
Great Piece on the Failings of Incentives
Why Incentives Are Effective, Irresistible, and Almost Certain to Backfire | Fast Company Just about when I start thinking “Is Fast Company magazine relevant anymore, should I renew my subscription?”, a gem like this appears. It’s a very old lesson,…
Why Lean Fails Without a Clear Need
TL;DR: Lean initiatives often fail not because teams execute poorly, but because leaders never clearly define the real problem they are trying to solve. Taiichi Ohno’s advice to “start from need” remains a decisive test of whether Lean will drive…
Porsche’s Lean Culture and Leadership Lessons Under CEO Wendelin Wiedeking
Lean as a Cultural Transformation at Porsche A 2009 FORTUNE profile of Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking offers an instructive case study in what a serious Lean transformation can look like when it is led from the top and treated as…
Perfecting Patient Care University – a review
By Dean Bliss I recently attended Perfecting Patient Care University, a 4-day training event that teaches Lean in healthcare. The University is a product of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), which has been around since the late 1990’s, was…
Holy Overproduction, Batman!!
Lean Service Blog: Unsold cars Hat tip to Rob and the Lean Service Blog for pointing out these online pictures of auto industry “overproduction.” Storage lots are filling up in England, as automakers keep factories running, cranking out cars that…
LeanBlog Podcast #59 – Bob Miller Discusses the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
Episode #59 of the LeanBlog Podcast is here and our guest is Robert Miller, Executive Director of the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. We are discussing the Prize, some of the recent changes made in its criteria, and some future…
