Throwback Thursday: Inc. Writes About Dr. Deming in 1987
I stumbled across an article from the Inc. magazine archives from 1987, so it's today's "Throwback Thursday."…
Throwback Thursday: How My Blog Rant Helped Keep an Office 5S Initiative from…
It's time for another Throwback Thursday where I revisit a blog post from the past. To the left, that's a baby Mark…
Throwback Thursday: “This American Life” on NUMMI Lessons,…
Episode #403 of the public radio program "This American Life" originally aired in 2010, telling the story of the…
Throwback Thursday: Be Lean, not L.A.M.E.
Today's post is a throwback to an essay that I originally wrote for the excellent book Lean-Led Hospital Design:…
Throwback Thursday: The Leadership Mantras of Don Davis
It's been just about 18 years since I was leaving GM to start the master's program at MIT's Leaders for…
Throwback Thursday – What Did a Mid 1990s Textbook Say About Lean?
My friend Ryan, who works at a hospital in Canada, sent me a few pictures of an Industrial Engineering textbook…
Throwback Thursday: Dr. Deming’s Last Interview & Jack Welch’s…
To the left is a young baby me. I don't think I was thinking about Dr. Deming as a baby, but thankfully my parents…
Throwback Thursday: A Lean Healthcare Conference From 2007
Back in 2007, I had my first opportunity to travel to England, a country I really love visiting. I had the chance…
Throwback Thursday: 23 Tweets I Might Have Sent in 2002
I have been going through some old papers recently and I found two sheets of paper with hand-written thoughts or…
Throwback Thursday: Jim Womack on the Term “#Lean” & @EricRies on…
Last Monday, I had the chance to attend a Lean Startup event in Austin where Eric Ries announced the launch of a…
#Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital
Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's…
Throwback Thursday: Paying Attention to Small Details
Back in 2011, I wrote this homage to In-N-Out burger. Their food is awesome, they treat managers and employees…
#Throwback Thursday – “Lean Sigma” is Still Pretty Often Wrong…
Last weekend, at a patient safety conference, I heard a physician talk about "robust process improvement" and this,…
#Throwback Thursday: Punishing and Jailing People for Patient Harm
Today is another "Throwback Thursday" post where I revisit posts from the past. Friday and Saturday, I'm going to…
Throwback Thursday: GM Got Gamed & The Original Intent of Their Standup…
Continuing the "Throwback Thursday" theme for the 10th anniversary of my blog, today's post looks back at and…
Throwback Thursday: Presenting #Lean to Senior Hospital Executives
The concept of "Throwback Thursday" is very popular on social media platforms, especially when it comes to people…
A Throwback to Another #ThrowbackThursday: Yet Again, the Wrong House Was…
I can't believe that I'm once again writing about this. But, I saw in the news that ANOTHER house was mistakenly…
#ThrowbackThursday: Past #Lean April Fools’ Day Fun
It's been a tradition of mine here, since 2010, to present a Lean April Fools' Day joke.
You might have noticed,…