Weekend Fun: Lean Parody of “The Office”
Here is a funny parody from some students at Notre Dame:
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Weekend Fun: Funny Plane Picture That’s Not Really “Visual Management”
There’s a series of airplane photos, of South Africa’s Kalula Airlines, that have been going around the web, including being posted in some blogs as an example of the Lean principle of “visual management,” like this one: It made me…
The Paradox of Green: Why Simply Giving New Recycling Bins Is Not Enough
My city in Texas signed a contract with a new trash/waste company that starts on September 1st. The new bin is green (pictured at left). I already had two blue bins from the old company. The bins work just fine.…
Lean Parody Audio & Video: GEICO Commercial
Here is the latest of my Lean Healthcare parody commercials. This time, I’m spoofing the overplayed GEICO commercials, where the gravely-voiced guy in the suit asks a series of funny rhetorical questions…
Weekend Fun: Depiction of the Lack of Hospital “5S”
One wouldn’t expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor “5S” practices on the show Family Guy – of course, depending on your personality and sense of humor, you might not expect to find anything of value…
Audio Parody: “Lean Spice” Commercial
Hello, readers. How are you? Fantastic. The recent series of Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa have been a pop culture hit, especially on YouTube and Twitter. Some of us have talked about the need to better market Lean, something…
New Book: “Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig”
One of the people I’ve been fortunate to meet in the last year is Dave deBronkart, aka “e-Patient Dave.” I saw e-PD present at the HIMSS conference this year and we were able to spend some time together during some…
This Yahoo Check Makes Zero Cents
This is a cliche’ of bad process and bad information systems, but I actually received a paper check in the mail from Yahoo! for ZERO cents. ZERO dollars and ZERO cents. $0.00. I guess this is something that CEO Carol…
Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad
If you’ve been anywhere near a TV lately, you’ve probably heard and seen this hypnotizing “What is iPad?” commercial (YouTube link). The announcer breathlessly and shamelessly tells you how “beautiful” and “magical” the iPad is… “it’s crazy powerful,” he says,…
Saturday Fun: Social Media on “The Office”
I know this is a blog about Lean, but if you’re reading this, you might be somewhat hip to social media. That’s such a dorky way of expressing that, “hip to it.” Is “dorky” an uncool way of saying not…
30 Rock’s Parody of Six Sigma and Jack Welch–Still Hilarious and On Point
My blog saw a spike in traffic again this week–likely driven by people searching for “30 Rock Jack Welch” following his unforgettable appearance on the show. Many are finding an old post I wrote back in 2006. So I thought…
Creative Kludge from a Cop = Kaizen?
A site related to my favorite failblog.org is “There I Fixed It,” a creative collection of bad workarounds or clever fixes, depending on your perspective. This one, below, is a creative solution that a police officer came up with for…
