It’s a not-so-regular feature, but it’s time to clean up the Lean Blog Backlog (say that 10 times fast), the stories that I’ve tucked aside but haven’t gotten the full blog post treatment. Come back tomorrow for Part 2 of…
A question came in from a blog reader — simple question with no simple or easy answers: Who are the Lean Thinking CEOs? My first thought is Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, for his famous customer obsession and belief in long-term thinking…
Leading Lean: A Canadian Healthcare Leader’s Guide :: Vol. 12 No. 3 2009 :: Healthcare Quarterly :: Longwoods Publishing Today, I’ll share a link I’ve been wanting to post for a few weeks now, see the link above. It’s an…
It’s once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. There are many excellent and thought provoking posts from the past month. I hope you’ll discover a new blog or two (or new…
Steve Spear spent six months embedded with a Toyota team as a doctoral student, learning the Toyota Production System by teaching it to a supplier in Kentucky. In this episode, he explains what he calls “high velocity” organizations — companies…
Running a hospital: It’s the economy You might have seen in the news that hospitals showed record profits in 2007, according to Modern Healthcare. U.S. community hospitals enjoyed record profits in 2007, posting $43 billion more in revenue than expenses…
Running a hospital: Surprising use of Lean Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, is a blogger and advocate for Lean healthcare. In this post, he forwards a story about someone using lean methods to help…
It’s once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Boeing Plays Whack-a-Supplier (Kevin Meyer – Evolving Excellence): “Pretty…
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…
It’s once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Coconuts, Bamboo, and Pedal Power (Mike Wroblewski, Got Boondoggle?)…
If you’ve been following any of the posts about healthcare, here are a few interesting follow ups. Following up on this post about Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, CEO Paul Levy posted many interesting employee responses to his email…
I read Paul Levy’s blog every chance I get. He is the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Although fellow blogger Kevin Meyer and I caused a bit of a kerfuffle with him, unfortunately, earlier this year…
