… the United Kingdom. Following up on the question I posed last week, asking readers to guess the percentage of U.S. blog readership and the country that’s #2 in the list. Click on the map for a complete view and…
Here’s something new to try — a way of giving away a copy of my book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction. What percentage of Lean Blog readers are from the U.S. (or at least a U.S.…
Hi, this all might seem like “muda” (waste) to many of you who had commented that you liked the old design just fine… but here is the “new” Lean Blog, version 3.0, if you will. I will get back to…
Believe it or not, the Lean Blog will have its 5th birthday in January, 2010. I just stumbled across the fact that, since January 2005, I’ve now hit 1 million page views/loads! Thank you, Lean Blog readers! Your participation, through…
Following up on Part 1 of my Reader Survey reflection exercise, here is Part 2. Thanks for the 113 survey responses and for the time you took to give free-form feedback. I won’t share the generally positive comments and praise…
Many thanks to those of you who answered my Lean Blog Reader Survey. I appreciate the comments and it was a good chance for reflection (sometimes referred to as “hansei” in the Lean world, using the Japanese word). One question…
Thanks to the first 50 readers who answered my short survey about the Lean Blog. I appreciate the feedback. I will probably collect surveys through the end of the week, I’ll reflect, and I’ll share my reflections along with some…
Dear Blog Readers- I hope you all had a relaxing and fun Memorial Day weekend (at least for the U.S. readers). I’ve always kept this blog pretty separate from my ‘day job’ as a lean healthcare consultant, a role I’ve…
Dear Lean Blog Readers: I try hard to not bombard you with commercial messages, but I do want to take a minute to recognize three of the sponsors that allow me to bring these free resources to you, like the…
Hi – thanks to those who entered the contest by signing up for my newsletter list. I will email the winners today for you to respond with your mailing address. Congrats to Scott M. for winning Steven J. Spear’s book:…
Thanks to those who reported it… my blog main page was not displaying properly for those of you using Internet Explorer this morning. The problem is now fixed, I believe. I normally use FireFox as my browser. I guess I…
I always just slightly “miss” the birthday of the Lean Blog. My first post to the blog was January 3, 2005. I’ve been doing this for four years? The blog started off really slowly… it was just a place for…
