Guest Post: What It Means
Mark’s Note: Here’s part 4 of a series by our guest blogger, Andy Wagner. Start reading with Part 1 here. “What lies behind us and what lies in front of us pales in comparison to what lies within us.” —…
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Lean Healthcare in the New York Times: What the Coverage Got Right–and What It Missed
TL;DR: The New York Times showed that Lean healthcare isn’t about “factory medicine,” but about removing waste so clinicians can focus on patients. When grounded in respect for people and strong leadership, Lean improves quality, access, and cost–while misapplied versions…
Guest Post: Lean Starts at Home
Mark’s Note: Here’s part 3 of a series by our guest blogger, Andy Wagner – a series that started here. Many of us work in an environment that our host, Mark Graban, would characterize as “non-Deming”: LAME more often than…
Come on, WSJ, Why Drag “Lean” Into It?
While I was on vacation, the news (the BBC World Service, mainly) focused quite a lot on the BP oil spill in the gulf, including the world’s reactions to the problem. While it seems a bit uncouth to criticize 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: 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…
A Curious Lack of Coffee Cup Error-Proofing in the Air
About a week ago, I was flying, and the passenger beside me knocked his water over right into my lap. Argh! I sent a Tweet posing a “contest with no prize” (as I didn’t want to stifle creativity with an…
“Lean Startups” in the Wall St. Journal
I’ve been really intrigued recently by the innovations in the “Lean Startup” movement. I’ve been reading Steve Blank’s book The Four Steps to the Epiphany about his “Customer Development” model (a process to parallel the traditional product development model). I’ll…
“Lean Doctors” – A New Book and Webinar
Something Lean is in the water in Wisconsin, as that state is one of the hotbeds of Lean healthcare. There’s, of course, the ThedaCare story (from Appleton) and the upcoming book about their journey (“On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to…
Should Have Posted a “Caution: Don’t Knock Our House Down” Sign?
I saw this on the national cable news two nights ago, the horrifying story of a Denton TX woman whose house was basically destroyed by a bulldozer. Was it a runaway bulldozer? Nope, different type of “accident.” Workers were supposed…
How I Broke My Blog and Fixed It… Lessons Learned
For those of you who have had difficulty accessing LeanBlog.org for the past two weeks or so, I apologize. It’s been frustrating to me and I’ve gotten a number of emails from people who couldn’t get the site to load.…
Parallels between “Lean Startups” and “Adaptive Design”
I’ve been a fan of the “Lean Startups” work of Eric Ries since last year, so I’m happy to be producing a free LEI webinar called “Lessons from Lean Startups,” to be presented live on April 28 at 2 PM…