Tag: Funny
The Paradox of Green: Why Simply Giving New Recycling Bins Is...
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
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”
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
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”
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
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
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”
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
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?
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?
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
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...