Guest Post: Not Putting Out Fires
Mark’s note: One more guest post, Andy Wagner following up his recent guest post, “Being the Change.” Each morning at work the day starts with a production meeting. That is where I get my list of fires to put…
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Guest Post: Green Is Lean
Mark’s note: Today’s guest blogger is Tim McMahon, who normally blogs at his called “A Lean Journey: The Quest for True North.” Tim has been a good friend of my blog and has been a frequently contributor to our…
Guest Post: Being the Change
Mark’s note: Today, I’m happy to welcome back an old Lean Blog contributor, Andy Wagner. He takes a more personal turn here than most of my guest bloggers for the next two weeks, writing about the application of Lean thinking…
Guest Post: How to Have a Lean Party
Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is from a Michigander (I prefer that term over Michiganian, but I digress). Jon Wetzel, among other things, is very involved with the Michigan Lean Consortium and he lives very near where I grew up.…
Guest Post: 7 Lean Ideas For Lawyers
Mark’s note: Today’s vacation guest post is from D. Mark Jackson, a lawyer who has been studying and embracing Lean principles in a California law firm. He normally writes in his very interesting Lean Law blog and I’ve been following…
Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary
I’m blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others — “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm” that first aired April 24 at 8 am EDT. With laptop and…
Dennis Quaid and Patient Safety – Upcoming Documentary
You might be familiar with the case where the actor Dennis Quaid’s twins were harmed by an overdose at the famed Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. I blogged about it originally in late 2007 as the post “How Often Must…
Lessons from a “Like Lean” Millionaire
Listen to my podcast with Nick One of my blog themes is the idea of “Like Lean” – practices that seem very much like the Lean philosophy and management system, but it’s not directly inspired by Toyota or Dr. Deming.…
Exceptional Efforts in Imperfect Circumstances – Celebrated or Lamented?
Here’s a thought starter for a Monday morning – I’m looking forward to hearing your perspectives. A few weeks ago, I heard a leader from a healthcare organization (one that will remain unnamed) say this: “In healthcare, we get results…
Dr. Don Berwick, Supporter of Lean Healthcare, to be New Obama Appointee
Dr. Donald Berwick (bio), founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has reportedly named by President Obama to head Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the organization that administers programs including Medicare and Medicaid (“Berwick to be US healthcare…
Guest Post: Captain Sully Talks about Lean and Healthcare Safety
Mark’s note: I am thrilled to be able to bring you this guest post from my friend and fellow lean healthcare author Naida Grunden. Her post (and Sully’s words) are far more important than anything I could write today. Read…
Of 777s and Heart Rate Monitors
In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation — including checklists and “Crew Resource Management,” as written about in the excellent books The Checklist Manifesto and Why Hospitals Should Fly. Aviation has gotten much…
