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Podcast #229 – John Dyer, Reflections on Deming, Six Sigma, and More
My guest for episode #229 is John Dyer, president of his consulting firm, JD&A, Inc., and a contributor for…
Throwback Thursday: Dr. Deming’s Last Interview & Jack Welch’s…
To the left is a young baby me. I don't think I was thinking about Dr. Deming as a baby, but thankfully my parents…
Random Super Bowl XLIX Lean-Like Moments – Katy Perry and GE
Following up my earlier post about the "Patriot Way..." During her halftime extravaganza (video), Katy Perry had a…
TV Ad for GE Capital Features a Lean Turnaround for a Factory
Thanks to my friend and former Toyota employee Karthik Chandramouli for noticing this commercial on TV. In the…
Notes from Day 1 of the #LeanStartup Conference 2013
It was an amazing first day of the Lean Startup conference yesterday in San Francisco. Videos will be available…
Parallels and Learning Between Aircraft Engine MRO and Human Healthcare
My wife is a leader in a business (not GE) that does aircraft engine "MRO" work - maintenance, repair, and…
Lean & the “Work-Out” Process in Healthcare – Success, My…
In the past few years, I've heard of the "Work-Out" process that has origins at GE. This consultant's website gives…
Weekend Fun: 30 Rock Mocks GE’s Manufacturing Reshoring
One of the things I love about the NBC show "30 Rock" is the way is skewers GE culture (such as its past mocking of…
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In…
30 Rock: Jack Donaghy is a “Six Sigma Black Belt Ultra” – And He…
Absolutely hilarious... last Thursday's "30 Rock" features Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) talking about how he's a…
G.E. Rediscovers the Value in Providing Real Value to Manufacturing Customers
I'll apologize if today's post seems off-topic to my healthcare readers, but I have to share a link to a Sunday New…
Tampa Bay Business Journal Features Lean at Moffitt Cancer Center
The full article requires a subscription, but John Toussaint and I were each quoted in this article from last…
My Interview with Justin Holland, of GE Healthcare
Today's post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare…
Of 777s and Heart Rate Monitors
In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew…
Saturday Fun: 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"…
Hey, Reuters, Six Sigma Did Not Start at Toyota!
ANALYSIS - Six Sigma mystique takes beating in downturn | Motoring | ReutersThanks to a former Toyota employee (and…
"If you didn’t do it in Six Sigma, then it didn’t happen."
Guest Columnist - Quality DigestWow, this is pretty bad... allegedly about GE. Granted, any dysfunctional Lean…