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Very exciting day, I have my first copies of my book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction, in hand!!! In other book news, my good friend Kevin at the Evolving Excellence blog has hosted a Q&A session…
I’ve gotten a number of questions about Amazon.com showing late August as a shipping date now. It seems that the fastest / earliest way to get a copy will be to order directly through the publisher. The books are in…
Modern Healthcare Online ($$) | Fierce Healthcare (free) For those not in healthcare, the Joint Commission is a non-profit hospital accreditation organization. You might remember that Paul Levy and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital posted their full Joint Commission report online…
Updated 7/29: Click here ——————— Updated 7/28: The book now shows as “In Stock” at www.productivitypress.com and amazon.com says it will be “in stock on August 16.” Thanks for your patience. I’ve been just as antsy as anybody, since I…
By Jason Turgeon: This is a Lean-meets-EPA powerpoint. Download the original here. Click the little window emblem in the upper-right corner of the embedded image to see it full-screen. It’s been a while since I had the chance to post…
Not long ago, I purchased a universal airplane/auto adapter. There was a packaging insert that exhorted me, the user, to NOT insert the plug the wrong way. There was even a “helpful” green line to help me line up the…
Think Like the CEO of a Brand Called You « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel The much-maligned software salespeople telling the truth? It was bound to happen. Mark Kuta, a former software salesperson, is peddling a book. In an…
SignOnSanDiego.com — Skeptical councilmen now brag about hospital plans From the article about a planned hospital: The district hopes to reduce the figure to $983 million over the next five years by delaying completion or only partly completing some buildings,…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean What’s the purpose of thinking about work as a value stream? Is it just a buzzword? It helps us identify how our activities connect and flow together in order to deliver…
Export Boom Fuels Factory Town’s Revival – WSJ.com: It’s more a story of exchange rates (weak dollar) than Lean, but manufacturing isn’t dead yet, especially in Wisconsin. As someone who re-opened a closed factory says: “America got tired of manufacturing,”…
I’m proud to report that I survived driving in the U.K. for the first time today, driving about an hour to Cambridge. I’m working in a town without a direct rail link (would have to go down to London and…
A returning guest (episodes #30 and #38), Bob Emiliani is again featured in episode #48 of the LeanBlog Podcast. Since the mid-1990s, Bob has focused on de-mystifying what he calls the “black art” of Lean leadership. In this conversation, he…
