Cleaning up the LeanBlog Backlog
Time is short for a full post, so here’s an effort to clean out the backlog and to give you some links to check out:Friend of the blog, Mike Thelen, has an article expanding upon the “Lean vs. LAME” construct:…
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Reader Question: GM and Lean
From Devin, a graduate student, posted with his permission: “I’m an operations management student who is writing a report on lean manufacturing at GM. However, the more I research, the more I find that there’s far more to write about…
Thinking is For Factories, Too
Seth’s Blog: Henry Ford and the source of our fear I really like Seth Godin’s blog… but when he steps into “Lean” territory, he tends to be wrong (as he was last year). In his recent post, he explores the…
Google-Funded eSolar project shows signs of Lean Thinking
By Jason Turgeon: Google made headlines last year when it announced it that it was going to devote a significant chunk of cash to developing renewable energy that was cheaper than coal (the RE eSolar, a small startup that appears…
A Funny Fake News Story for Earth Day, A Sad Reality
Following up on Jason’s post last week about China and pollution, here is a video from the fake (but deadpan funny) Onion News Network (nice article about them in the NY Times today, I’ve subscribed to their video podcast from…
Updated: Holy Takt Time!
So I was watching some of the lead in to the Papal Mass in New York’s Yankee Stadium. The reporter was talking to a priest about giving the Holy Communion to about 60,000 people within a span of 15 minutes.…
The Dispersion of Toyota Talent
One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers — Gary Convis, Jim Press, and Jim Farley, to name three. What impact can they have outside of…
A Lean Hospital Example in Houston
St. Luke’s adopts business approach to efficiency | Houston Chronicle Here’s a nice case study / profile article in the news about St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas. The first photo caption has a great example of using Lean…
New Lean Enterprise Institute Survey
I’m not sure if the survey is available online, but I’m sure many of you just received the annual email survey from the Lean Enterprise Institute. Last year, we gave some constructive criticism and feedback to our friends at the…
Mike Micklewright, Deming Impersonator
You might recall that I posted back in January about a “Deming impersonator” who was presenting Thank to that post, I was contacted by Mike Micklewright, the creator and performer of the impersonator (in addition to being President of his…
Lean and Green thoughts on China
By Jason Turgeon: China’s everywhere in the news these days. It seems like you can’t open a newspaper (or a feed reader) without reading an article about the summer Olympics, its booming economy, the situation in Tibet, and growing unease…
Learn from this "Home 5S" Tip
Household: De-Clutter with a Six-Month “Maybe Box” The site “lifehacker” is one of my favorite blogs. While not about “Lean” per se, there’s often a great deal of overlap between personal productivity and Lean concepts. In the post I’ve linked…
