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One thing I observed at the Stars/Red Wings playoff game last Wednesday is that the arena crew could pretty much swap out one of the pieces of plexiglass behind the net faster than the concession crew could pour a glass…
Hi, I’m going to be “away” from the blog… and completely PC-free for a week. Time for a much needed vacation and some beach time. Somebody had commented once, “Hey don’t announce you’re out of town, someone will find your…
Collaborative Software Initiative The link above is a project that might be interesting to those of you working in “Lean Software”… or those who afraid of problems in our collective ability to track the spread of infectious diseases. From their…
That sure is an unfortunate Time magazine cover with that headline and an illustration of a really emaciated piggy bank.
For a little over two years, my wife and I have had a single cup coffee maker, one of those systems that makes an individual cup of coffee (or tea, the real reason we bought it initially) at a time.…
Episode #43 of LeanBlog Podcast is a very special one. My guest is Mike Mickleright, writer, consultant, and performer — most interesting to me is his impersonation of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. As I wrote about before, I’ve seen his…
Below is some of the text from edition #3 of the newsletter from my upcoming book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction. ————————————— Hospitals are notorious for employing “workarounds” to respond to problems. For example, when supplies…
RichCatalog – Free online bookI’m sure many of you got the email blast from the Lean Enterprise Institute, but this is really cool. It’s a free online version of the book “Reflections on Lean.” They’ve improved upon the printed version…
By Ralf Lippold: [Mark’s Note] Today’s post comes from a good friend of the Lean Blog, Ralf Lippold, a frequent commenter on the blog from Leipzig, Germany. I asked him to write about a Lean group he has started. I…
My Way News – Airlines slow down flights to save on fuel I’m just thrilled anytime I see an example of an airline making a process improvement (a “kaizen” if you will) instead of their usual game plan of whining,…
I stopped in at my local Starbucks on Sunday morning to get some coffee beans and saw an interesting sign. The signed advertised that the Pike Place Roast beans had been roasted on April 13, in Carson Valley, Nevada. I’m…
Ever wanted a subscription to “Cranes Today” magazine, but you just didn’t know where to find them? What about “Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide“? Great reading! My subscription to “Water & Wastes Weekly” expired recently…. Ok, just kidding. It’s amazing…
