Tag: Funny

The Paradox of Green: Why Simply Giving New Recycling Bins Is...

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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...

Lean Parody Audio & Video: GEICO Commercial

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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...

Weekend Fun: Depiction of the Lack of Hospital “5S”

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One wouldn't expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor "5S" practices on the show Family Guy - of course, depending...

Audio Parody: “Lean Spice” Commercial

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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...

New Book: “Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig”

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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...

This Yahoo Check Makes Zero Cents

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This is a cliche' of bad process and bad information systems, but I actually received a paper check in the mail from Yahoo! for...

Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad

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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...

Saturday Fun: Social Media on “The Office”

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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...

30 Rock’s 6 Principles of 6 Sigma

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My blog has gotten a lot of traffic since Thursday as people search for "30 rock jack welch" after his "acting" appearance on the...

Creative Kludge from a Cop = Kaizen?

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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...

“Win”-dow Washing: Standardized Work or Kaizen?

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I try to keep things light here on Saturdays... one of my favorite sites is failblog.org and their related blogs. Although they normally document...

Data vs. Facts, Illustrated

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Two expressions get used often in the lean world, one from Dr. W. Edwards Deming and one from Toyota's Taiichi Ohno. Dr. Deming was...