WSJ.com – It’s Not Easy Being Lean Free version via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I was disappointed with a “Managing” column in the Wall Street Journal today, with the headline “It’s Not Easy Being Lean.” It starts with a premise that being…
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At Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, a nurse named Candice Bena decided a 76-year-old patient needed a new intravenous line. Radiology couldn’t install it right away. She was worried about infection, so she called Richard Shannon, who was chairman of…
Formerly known as “Lean Whiskey” Listen: In Season 2, Episode 9, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh recap the World Cup, declare a “dealer’s choice” coffee round, and wade into a very full news roundup of robots, layoffs, and quality turnarounds.…
Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace…
Formerly known as “Lean Whiskey” Listen: In Season 2, Episode 8, Mark Graban and Jamie Flinchbaugh settle in with single-origin coffees, and circle back to a topic that’s been bouncing around the lean world for forty years: NUMMI. But first,…
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Follow this workflow with me for a second: An employee uses AI to write a summary of their accomplishments. Their manager uses AI to evaluate that summary and generate an annual review. The employee reads the AI-generated review, nods thoughtfully,…
News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace better. This Operational Excellence Mixtape underscores a simple but often-missed point: new technologies like AI may change how quickly we generate ideas, but real improvement still depends on…
This edition of Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape highlights how Lean thinking continues to deliver real results when it’s treated as a management system, not a toolkit. From GE Aerospace’s measurable gains under Larry Culp, to Toyota’s application of flow…
TL;DR: Lockout/tagout failures kill workers every year–and they’re not “operator errors.” This post explains why ignoring LOTO is a leadership and culture failure, why productivity pressure drives deadly shortcuts, and what Lean leaders must do to put safety truly first.…
