What’s Going on at Tesla? Is @ElonMusk Following up on Employee Injuries? …
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What’s Going on at Whole Foods? It Doesn’t Sound Like #Lean But…
The chain Whole Foods is reportedly having inventory shortages and morale problems. It sounds like a real mess, but…
#Lean Can Be Very Fragile, Especially With Executive Changes In manufacturing or…
Lean can be very fragile. History shows that Lean can fall apart even in an organization that is years into a "Lean…
Employee Complaints About Lean in Healthcare, Even at Some of the Best…
Last week, I blogged about some employee complaints related to rotating day and night shifts at the Toyota San…
[Updated] Somebody *Did* Get Unjustly Fired in Hawaii, But System Problems Should…
The official report is out in Hawaii after the traumatic accidental missile warning that was sent last month. An…
What We’re Looking Forward to Learning at the Toyota Plant Tour The KaiNexus…
Tomorrow, with the entire KaiNexus team, I'm going to visit the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio, the plant…
Looking for “Champions of Change” in Healthcare Supply Chains and…
Who are the "champions of change" in your organization? Is your CEO a champion of change? How many of your…
Of Course Doctors Hate Being “Excluded” From Attempts to Improve
Thanks to those of you who sent me this HBR article:
Doctors Feel Excluded from Health Care Value Efforts
Hear…
Come Join Me to Study Lean & Kaizen for Healthcare: Japan 2018 New "Insight…
In the past year or two, it seems like I have heard more about people and organizations leading Lean study trips to…
[Updated] Monday’s #SolarEclipse: Supply Chain Challenges and Eye Safety…
Any rare event creates a number of challenges when it comes to manufacturing and supply chains. We're seeing a…
Does Being Giddy With Knowledge About Wine or Lean Cause Problems?
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I enjoy "gemba visits" (of sorts) to wineries and vacations…
The Conundrum that is Dr. Deming on Metrics, Measures, and Data Data is the only…
There are Dr. W. Edwards Deming quotes that get thrown around... one that sounds incredibly "pro-data" and others…
Imitation as a Path to Innovation… If You Know What to Copy…
At the recent Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, there were thought provoking presentations... and we had many…
Do Words Matter on a Kaizen Card? Should we call it something other than a Kaizen…
If we're going to practice Kaizen (continuous improvement), do the words matter? Should we call it a Kaizen Card or…
A Prototype For My “Two-Bin Hand Sanitizer” Concept
Does your healthcare organization struggle with keeping hand sanitizer dispensers full? Let me know what you think…
A Lesson From Toyota: Thanking Employees for Pointing Out Problems Great story…
Thanks to Lean Frontiers for sharing a story from Mike Hoseus on LinkedIn. Mike is, of course, co-author of the…
The Good and the Bad of the United CEO’s Follow Up to Flight 3411 Why a lack…
It's good that United's CEO has taken responsibility for system problems. It's great that they are changing some…
My LinkedIn Article: Supply Chain Matters – at the Oscars® and in…
The mistakes at The Oscars were trivial and unimportant in the grand scheme of things. What are some lessons…