I’ve always enjoyed my discussions with Sami Bahri, D.D.S., the “World’s First Lean Dentist.” One concept he talks about, most recently in our video podcast, is the application of the Lean concept of “single-piece flow” to dentistry and his patients.…
It’s an honor to again contribute to John Hunter’s amalgamated Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The main page is located here. Ten bloggers are each selecting a few favorite posts from their favorite blogs to highlight. It’s quite a collection. Dan…
Happy New Year to my blog readers! Do you have any “lean resolutions” for the year 2010? Feel free to share them, if you like, in the comments section for this post. Here were some resolutions from two years ago,…
NE Fla. health care providers cut waste – Jacksonville Business Journal: Here’s a nice upbeat article about some lean healthcare progress in Jacksonville, including our good friend, Dr. Sami Bahri, the “World’s First Lean Dentist.” I like the intro of…
Welcome to what was originally the “LeanBlog Video Podcast” main page. This is a series of video interviews with Lean thought leaders and authors. It’s no longer a podcast… it’s a series of YouTube videos now. Click here for the…
Here is a YouTube video done by the Lean Enterprise Institute with one of my favorite people in the Lean world, Sami Bahri, D.D.S., the “World’s First Lean Dentist” from Jacksonville, FL. The questions in the video include: Why did…
Last week, I tweeted a quote that’s supposedly from Dr. W. Edwards Deming. I can only find one other online reference… does this sound like something Deming would have said? “Knowledge required to change the existing system to a better…
Ill. hospital execs find savings in Lean methodologies – Modern Healthcare It’s nice to see Modern Healthcare is doing some podcasts, or at least I am just discovering them. I’ve linked to a 5-minute podcast with a CEO and CIO…
I’m sure anybody who has done any work with Lean has heard these words said in one form or another, often prefaced with a “You don’t understand…” We’re different. Diff’rent (it’s fun to spell that way, like the old show…
I have always learned a lot from John Shook. As I’ve blogged about before, I’ve seen John present about TPS and management (leadership, really) a few times and probably learn more “insights per hour” than anyone else in the Lean…
Here are a few upcoming events to mention: Webinar with Mike Micklewright as Dr. Deming Free Webinar with Dr. Sami Bahri, “The World’s First Lean Dentist” ValuMetrix Services Lean Workshop in Louisville KY Dan Jones / Lean Enterprise Academy Lean…
leanblog.org | Lean Blog: Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2 This is an old post from 18 months ago, but someone asked Dr. Sami Bahri about retention in his office. The response from Dr. Bahri: Employee retention is actually…
