The One Thing That Almost Messed Up the First Moon Landing 50 Years Ago
This past Saturday was, of course, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It still puzzles me why mankind…
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Embracing and Helping Surgeons Accept Change — Instead of Blaming &…
Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR:
"How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a…
How Checklists and the “Andon Cord” Concept Can Help With Webinars
For years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have used checklists when prepping for and running our various webinars via…
What are the “Quick Wins?” Ask the People Doing the Work
Last week, I received a few questions from somebody at a hospital system and I thought I'd address one of them…
Podcast #278 – Tom Bouthillet, Lean in Fire Fighting (the Real Kind) and EMS
People often talk about “fire fighting” in a colloquial way. Today, my guest for episode #278 of the podcast is an…
Personal Kaizen: How I Reduced Effort & Time in Scheduling Phone Calls
In today's post, I write about how Kaizen starts with you. I share some examples of "personal Kaizen," including…
Are Hospitalists Ready to Get Serious About Reducing Waste and Improving Care?
I was quoted in two articles that appeared in "Today's Hospitalist":
"Discharging Mr. Wood: Time to get…
Process Problem: #NFL #SuperBowl #CoinToss, A Defect & Rework
For the coin toss of the Super Bowl 48 (or XLVIII), the referee Terry McAulay handed the coin to Joe Namath to toss…
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 3
Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm…
What I’m Reading: February 5, 2013 – Pizza Lids, Patient Safety, and…
Many of you who took my reader survey (still open and feedback welcome, prizes gone) mentioned that you liked this…
Google’s Early Earnings Release – “Human Error” or Process…
Here's an interesting story from this week: "Google early earnings release stuns traders." Reportedly, the Google…