Credit crunch – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I hate the term “credit crunch.” It’s used in headlines as a noun, a “crunch” that’s some sort of monster that terrorizes banks and individuals. Headlines, such as: Banks count the cost of…
CNBC Link to Show and Online Video I’m setting the DVR from England and will watch this over the internet when time allows (isn’t technology great?). A PR person from CNBC pointed out this show, so I thought I’d suggest…
Pre-Printed Value Stream Mapping Post-it Symbols – 6 Post-it’s per sheet I’m not picking on the retailer… I support the “Lean Supermarket” and they’ve been an advertiser before. They didn’t invent these, but this seems like a solution looking for…
I got into the middle of this discussion on the Healthcare Management Engineers (HME) group on Yahoo. A question was posed: We’re in the process of designing a new facility for a small group of family practice physicians. I’m primarily…
FT.com / Home UK / UK – Oil price forces P&G to rethink its distribution OK, I’m catching up on an old post since I saw a very similar story in the NY Times yesterday. First the FT story: There’s…
Modern Healthcare Online ($$) | Fierce Healthcare (free) For those not in healthcare, the Joint Commission is a non-profit hospital accreditation organization. You might remember that Paul Levy and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital posted their full Joint Commission report online…
Updated 7/29: Click here ——————— Updated 7/28: The book now shows as “In Stock” at www.productivitypress.com and amazon.com says it will be “in stock on August 16.” Thanks for your patience. I’ve been just as antsy as anybody, since I…
Think Like the CEO of a Brand Called You « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel The much-maligned software salespeople telling the truth? It was bound to happen. Mark Kuta, a former software salesperson, is peddling a book. In an…
I’m proud to report that I survived driving in the U.K. for the first time today, driving about an hour to Cambridge. I’m working in a town without a direct rail link (would have to go down to London and…
A returning guest (episodes #30 and #38), Bob Emiliani is again featured in episode #48 of the LeanBlog Podcast. Since the mid-1990s, Bob has focused on de-mystifying what he calls the “black art” of Lean leadership. In this conversation, he…
NHS: 60,000 medication blunders in 18 months – Health News, Health & Wellbeing – The Independent Trust me, I’m not picking on the NHS. There’s a lot of good things happening here with Lean and I’ll blog about some of…
I know Tim Noble and he sent this to me, so I’m basically just going to reprint the press release verbatim and the solicit your comments: Lean Talent Demand Finally Edges Out Six Sigma Fourth annual study by executive search…
