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GE’s CEO controls information worth billions – July 21, 2008 It’s always interesting to read about GE’s shift from a Six Sigma company to a Lean Six Sigma company. Their CIO, Gary Reiner, is responsible for their Lean Six Sigma…
It’s the weekend, here’s a fun post and links for you. The “FAIL” blog is somewhat addictive, a collection of funny signs and bad product designs. Muffin Fail « FAIL Blog Here’s a “chocolate chip” muffin where the design was…
Sir Terry Leahy: The ‘Robert Mugabe of retail’ bites back – People, News – The Independent First off, that’s a pretty nasty nickname, being called the Robert Mugabe of anything. I don’t know the whole history on that one, but…
No, it’s not that I’ve had bad food. Far from it! I know this isn’t a food blog, but I wanted to briefly discuss two blog-worthy experiences. Conveyor Belt Sushi First, I ate sushi off of a conveyor belt tonight.…
There’s so much in the news about “checklists” in the medical context… and I’m convinced that it’s basically the Lean “standardized work” approach in a different name. Checklists help prevent people from making mistakes of omission — forgetting a step…
NHS: 60,000 medication blunders in 18 months – Health News, Health & Wellbeing – The Independent Trust me, I’m not picking on the NHS. There’s a lot of good things happening here with Lean and I’ll blog about some of…
The Lean Hospital The Hospitalist is a publication for physicians who practice “hospital medicine.” I had a chance to be interviewed for what turned out to be a nice overview of “how can Lean help hospitalists and their patients?” article.…
I know Tim Noble and he sent this to me, so I’m basically just going to reprint the press release verbatim and the solicit your comments: Lean Talent Demand Finally Edges Out Six Sigma Fourth annual study by executive search…
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search: With apologies to the Mammas and the Pappas… If I really hate Mondays, will it kill me? Last Friday, on the 4th of July, Mark Graban blogged away about an article he’d seen…
Clients of mine always end up saying something like “Lean really gets into your head… it’s hard to turn off” – or at least one on every project ends up saying that. That’s a good thing… a way of thinking,…
1) Guardian (U.K.) Story 2) Houston Chronicle Story 3) Chicago Tribune Story Look at those articles. How amazing is this illustration of Toyota’s “respect for people” principle? You can treat people as expendable costs or an asset to train and invest…
Toyota Bumps Prices For 11 Models | The Truth About Cars Ok, since I was accused (rightfully so) of picking on just GM for this, Toyota has also used the “rising materials cost” excuse for raising prices on some models.…
