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Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2

Here is a follow up to Part 1 of the recent Q&A I’ve facilitated with our friend, Dr. Bahri. Thanks to the blog reader (who works for a non-Dental, non-Medical company) who emailed me these questions. I always love hearing…

Are Errors Inevitable??

Huge Price Paid for Stupid, Careless Medical Error | Tortdeform Lots of discussion of the sad case of the mixed up laboratory specimens and Darrie Eason having the unnecessary double mastectomy. One comment (from a reader of the blog I…

Thanks Again to Our Sponsors

American LED-gible, Inc. American LED-gible (www.ledgible.com) manufactures many products that would be suitable for Lean environments, such as andon boards, counters, timers, and other electronic displays. They have extended their sponsorship of the Lean Blog, so many thanks! Please check…

My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 2

Last Thursday, I had such an enjoyable visit to Dr. Sami Bahri’s office. I was very impressed with the “Lean spirit” of Dr. Bahri and his employees. The culture there is pretty impressive. Instead of just using Lean tools, it’s…

Clearing out my "WIP"

It’s time for another segment of “cleaning out the backlog,” those articles I meant to blog about, but didn’t get to. These are also articles that don’t demand too much commentary…. so enjoy: Where is Gary Convis going now that…

Innovation Report

Leadership and Innovation report – BlessingWhite The linked page has a research report on Innovation. Our friend Matthew May and I are both quoted briefly in a sidebar about Lean and innovation. Subscribe via RSS | Lean Blog Main Page…

New TWI Blog

TWI Blog Since it is “introduce you to new blogs day” apparently, here is a new blog focused on the Training Within Industry methodology. It is put together by regular Lean Blog reader and commenter Bryan Lund. The blog is…

"Kitchen Nightmares," Part 2

You might have seen Part 1 of my Lean viewing of the Fox show “Kitchen Nightmares.” I watched the second half of the show, so here is the rest of the story. As the show progressed, improvements are made, basically…