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Analyze This: Hoaxer Haunts Earnings Calls – WSJ.com Some guy (not me) has been spoofing his way onto companies’ investor / analyst calls, asking questions about Lean and Six Sigma. He’s using a fake name and uses a lot of…
Productivity Press – Lean Hospitals This was pretty exciting to discover… my book (“Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction”) is out there on the publisher website as well as amazon.com (my publisher would certainly prefer that you…
Networks Plot Course – WSJ.com As the entertainment industry works to recover from the recently-ended writers’ strike, the WSJ article featured a quote from a division of General Electric: “[the networks] are hoping to maintain some of the cost-cutting benefits…
It’s once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Coconuts, Bamboo, and Pedal Power (Mike Wroblewski, Got Boondoggle?)…
I got a couple of reader emails last week that prompted me to think about Lean and the Toyota Way principle of “respect for people.” Whether it’s a supposedly “Lean” environment or not, why is true “respect” so often missing?…
L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients – New York Times It wasn’t the same laboratory this time, but it’s more than likely a similar root cause. I wrote before about pathology specimen labeling errors, how they’re preventable human error.…
After my last few complain-ey posts, you might be surprised to see something positive…. especially about an airline. For all of my complaining about airlines, I actually have something NICE to say about American Airlines. I discovered a new feature…
A few short thoughts from today’s WSJ:‘Headwind’ Blows As Top Executives Navigate Trouble – WSJ.com As I was reading the first article, above, about executives blaming “headwinds” and macroeconomic problems for business woes, I thought, “Sure, there are economic problems,…
Hamilton Beach HDC100B Pourover Pod Brewer Sorry for the blog downtime the past few days. I had a great weekend back in my old hometown, Phoenix. My wife and I stayed at a hotel in Scottsdale that had some room…
Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #36 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this episode, Norman talks about his most recent publication, a text by the legendary Shigeo Shingo,…
Here’s a photo of something I bought at SuperTarget last week, this box of whole-grain Quinoa (snicker if you must… I’m trying to eat somewhat healthy). The box is next to a wine bottle (um, also for “heart health?”) for…
Leadership Symposium (Iowa) It sure seems like Iowa gets mentioned here on the blog quite a bit, for lean manufacturing and lean healthcare. John Touissant, of ThedaCare (in Wisconsin), is speaking at an Iowa healthcare symposium April 22 (unfortunately, it…
