I found a few articles lately about Lean being implemented in some Ohio hospitals, so I’ll share two of them here. Crescent-News.com – Hospitals headed to the ER? This first article focuses more on the problems faced by Ohio hospitals…
Airbus Aims to Pull Back Without Stalling – WSJ.com: This recent article about Airbus talks about facing a challenge of declining airplane orders. Airbus said Friday that it booked orders for just 16 planes in March, compared with 54 orders…
In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times – USATODAY.com The USA Today, whether they’re trying or not, is doing a good job recently of highlighting issues at least somewhat related to Toyota and the Deming philosophy. While…
FOXNews.com – Mystery Celebrity Link You’ll have to click on the above link to see who said the following (the link is from Fox News and is absolutely safe for work, for those who are not trusting the link). “‘I—Äôm…
Forgive my horn tooting here, but here is the current list of Amazon’s Top 10 Healthcare Administration books (rankings change frequently). So what I’m thrilled about is that the topic of Lean is apparently in the “mass market” of ideas…
As a frequent flyer, I really try to turn off the process thinking part of my brain, for sanity’s sake. However, one thing that constantly amazes me is the failure of American Airlines to effectively manage the boarding process and…
I’ll be speaking Thursday morning at the annual Society for Health Systems conference in Chicago. I’ll be around all day Wednesday, attending a workshop in the afternoon. If any Lean Blog readers are attending, let me know via email and…
New Zealand Doctor Online – Medical News for GPs I often end up groaning (and complaining here) when I see news stories or editorials about Lean because the writers often “don’t get it.” This editorial, from New Zealand, is different,…
Here are some books that I’ve recently read — been intending to write full reviews, but wanted to share what I’ve read and what I’ve liked. Full reviews to come, I hope. I’ve been doing some of the reading on…
by Dan Markovitz Gary Hamel’s Management 2.0 blog at WSJ.com features his ideas for “Management Moonshots” — 25 ambitious and radical ideas that will significantly improve business management in the future. Frankly, I wasn’t terribly impressed. Some of the ideas…
Hulu – ER: Old Times – Watch the full episode now. Thanks to Bryan to bringing this episode of ER to my attention. I don’t normally watch it, but my wife always DVRs it, so I was able to watch…
I’ve known Tim Noble for a few years now, so I’m going to basically print his press release as a guest post here. We chatted on the phone the other day and he threw out an acronym that made me…
