Adventures in Food, England Edition
No, it’s not that I’ve had bad food. Far from it! I know this isn’t a food blog, but I wanted to briefly discuss two blog-worthy experiences. Conveyor Belt Sushi First, I ate sushi off of a conveyor belt tonight.…
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"More Careful" or "Better Processes"?
NHS: 60,000 medication blunders in 18 months – Health News, Health & Wellbeing – The Independent Trust me, I’m not picking on the NHS. There’s a lot of good things happening here with Lean and I’ll blog about some of…
The Queen Sets the Takt Time?
Clients of mine always end up saying something like “Lean really gets into your head… it’s hard to turn off” – or at least one on every project ends up saying that. That’s a good thing… a way of thinking,…
A Lean Story from the UK
Springs maker saves £50,000 by going lean – Crain’s Manchester Business Here’s a Lean story from the U.K… A Rochdale-based maker of springs for military, aerospace and automotive customers, has saved £50,000 and improved productivity thanks to lean manufacturing techniques.United…
NHS 4-Hour ER Targets: What Happens When Hitting the Number Matters More Than Helping the Patient
TL;DR: When leaders impose arbitrary targets without improving the underlying system, people will find ways to hit the number without helping the patient. The problem isn’t the people — it’s the design. I’m here in the UK for work, and…
Let the Process Experts Decide
Leading article: Infected by political calculation This isn’t a “Lean” story, per se, but it still caught my eye. Hospital-acquired infections are a major problem throughout the world. As this commentary from The Independent points out: Britain has the worst…
A Lean Guy Reads the Financial Times
I’ve often done posts titled “A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ” — I would create a link to them, but I’m currently suffering a bit of an internet glitch (can anyone help?) I’m in the UK, but my hotel’s internet…
Four Lean Hospital Stories from the UK
By Andrew Castle: Mark’s note: Today’s guest blogger is a friend of the blog and a consultant who does Lean work for the UK’s National Health Service. The following link takes you to an article on the BBC website. Essentially…
Hello from the UK
Hello from the Global Lean Healthcare Summit in Warwickshire, England. It is amazing how truly global this movement is, as tonight I met or saw name badges of people from the US, Canada, UK, Italy, Denmark, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands,…
Misguided ‘Office Lean’: How Bad 5S Practices Give Lean a Bad Name
A few weeks back, the British media was having a field day with reports of and complaints about what sounds like a horribly misguided “office lean” effort at a British government office. Read more about it. The picture below is…
