I don’t think I ever shared this article that I co-authored and had published in 2014… so it’s time for another “Throwback Thursday.” I’ll share a summary of it here in this post. I think this still applies here in…
As we mark Independence Day today, the 248th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from England, I’m sharing a “throwback” post that I published on July 4th some years ago. The Declaration of Independence was a bold step toward a…
It’s been a while since I’ve done a “Throwback Thursday” post, but I saw some news stories late last year that reminded me of something I blogged about originally back in 2006. Back in 2006, the NBA tried switching from…
Happy Halloween! I’ll actually be home to hand out treats as a countermeasure for possible tricks. A year ago, I did a KaiNexus webinar on Halloween that was a lot of fun. There were only two complaints about elements of…
I really don't enjoy the type of "Throwback Thursday" posts that are triggered by something in the news that reminds me of something that I've blogged about in the past.
Sometimes, it seems people are doomed to keep repeating the same preventable errors instead of learning from others, improving systems, and mistake proofing things in life. In this post, we look back at repeated errors in pathology, building demolition, and emergency alert systems...
For today's Throwback Thursday, I'd like to look back at some blog posts about the trips I took to Japan in 2012 and 2014 to study Lean healthcare and Kaizen with healthcare practitioners from around the world.
I'm again partnering with Kaizen Institute to plan and help lead a trip that will be held in the last week of February, as I wrote about here...
I’m teaching a daylong class on Lean healthcare today in San Antonio. It’s something I’ve done twice a year for the past four years or so. My day here is part of a six-month program for healthcare professionals and different…
One of the highlights of my podcasting adventures was the opportunity to interview Paul H. O'Neill back in 2011. The original episode was posted here as #124 in the series. This post a summary of our discussion.
My blog turned 11 years old last month. Thanks to everyone for reading! I looked back, as a Throwback Thursday, and found a number of really good posts that were published on this date...
As we start easing into the holidays, I wanted to share a few throwback posts from this day or this week from previous years: From this date in 2009: The Emperor’s Sacred Cow’s New Clothes – “Flexing” Hospital Staff I’d…
It's tempting to visit a place like ThedaCare and then mandate "everybody must have huddle boards." Then, a bunch of huddle boards get purchased and installed... and maybe not used. It's another thing for executives to realize that they have to change the way they manage. There's a great quote that ThedaCare folks readily share, including Kim Barnas in her book Beyond Heroes:
I stumbled across an article from the Inc. magazine archives from 1987, so it’s today’s “Throwback Thursday.” In 1987, I was starting high school and that was probably right about the time when my dad, an engineer for General Motors,…
