Running a hospital: MICUs go Lean: Result = Happiness In lieu of a blog post today, I’m leaving you with a recent post on Paul Levy’s “Running a Hospital” blog about Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. You can see pictures and…
Ah, what a day yesterday. You’d think getting from Boston to Philadelphia would be easy. I’m here, teaching my “Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare” workshop for the first time for LEI. I got to Logan a little before 1…
I really enjoyed this PBS interview with with Dr. Jim Yong Kim, formerly of Harvard Medical School and now the new President of Dartmouth College. About 4 minutes into the video (or you can read the transcript). Dr. Kim does…
Tune in TONIGHT, Friday August 21, 10 PM on Fox News Channel. See my blog post about the links to online video at FoxNews.com. The “On the Record” show with Greta Van Susteren visited Appleton, Wisconsin and ThedaCare, one of…
2008 Annual Report: Reducing Waste I had a great visit with Group Health in Seattle on Monday, they are doing some great work with Lean in improving primary care and their insurance office operations. You might remember my podcast (from…
Dr. Gary Kaplan, the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center is now part of an effort called “Health CEOS for Health Reform“. He posted a video on YouTube talking about health reform, framing some of it in a “lean” or…
With extreme apologies to Kelly Clarkson, a parody of the song “My Life Would Suck Without You” (original lyrics and YouTube video). Hardly the artistic highpoint in American songwriting, but a catchy popular tune… I’ve re-tooled it as a bit…
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…
I feel a bit insensitive posting this video considering the continued plant closure announcements in the auto industry and Chrysler’s bankruptcy, but don’t blame me, blame “The Onion” (the web’s funniest fake news)… But, keep in mind this video makes…
Seth Godin at Gel 2006 on Vimeo I really enjoy Seth Godin’s writing, his books (including this one I recently read: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us) and blog posts. His presentations are outstanding too. In this talk, he…
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search: From now through early November we—Äôre on the road again, meetin—Äô and greetin—Äô our Lean colleagues from around the country. Morning mail brought a reminder that it—Äôs that season again. Yes, time to…
The Nun and the Bureaucrat (LEI Link) I started endorsing and promoting this outstanding DVD and companion book back in 2006 when I first saw it. The Lean Enterprise Institute has obtained the rights to sell this at a new…
