Tag: Government
Relying on Memory Leads to Rework
Biden Takes Shot at Roberts for Flubbing Presidential Oath - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.comOn Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts appeared...
Yes, We Can… but by What Method?
TRANSCRIPT: Obama's Inaugural Address:I guess this is a "mashup" of sorts... between Dr. W. Edwards Deming and President Obama...The President said yesterday, in his...
Alfie Kohn on Punished by Rewards, Deming, and Rethinking Motivation
My guest for LeanBlog Podcast #57 is Alfie Kohn, an author and lecturer in the fields of education, parenting, and human behavior. His books...
"Educators" Don’t Learn that Pay for Grades is Harmful
Pay for Grades? - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-RegisterFlying in and out of Chicago, I've been reading over the past few months about...
Is this “Like Lean?” TSA Explains the "Explaining Why" Program
TSA: Why? The Reasons Behind TSA Security
As much as I complain about the TSA, they do some things well. You might remember my blog...
Lost in Space
My Way News - Lost tool bag forces changes to planned spacewalksThis makes wonder if the space program uses any concepts that we'd call...
Randy Russell on Lean in Law Enforcement: Lessons from Jacksonville Sheriff’s...
Podcast Episode #51 is the first part of a two-parter (listen to part 2 here) with retired Lt. Randy Russell of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office,...
A Lean Slaughterhouse?
Have Knife, Will Travel: A Slaughterhouse on Wheels (WSJ-Free)So I realize this article and post might be controversial. My point isn't to start a...
Continuous Improvement on a National Scale
By Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanWe all struggle with taking continuous improvement from a department or process level to an enterprise...
Lean and Green at the EPA
By Jason Turgeon:This is a Lean-meets-EPA powerpoint. Download the original here. Click the little window emblem in the upper-right corner of the embedded image...
A Lean Guy Reads FORTUNE
As I was catching up on my back issues of FORTUNE, I had a few Lean thoughts as I read.In the June 9 edition,...
These Wounded Soldiers Need Lean To Get Their Benefits?
Soldiers risk ruin while awaiting benefit checks
I've read about this problem before... and at the risk of this turning too political, I'm going to...
