Tag: Government

Stuff I’m Reading, May 7, 2012: Nurses, Blame, Government, Apple in...

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Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: Twin boys die...

Protecting Patients *IS* Affordable Care

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Just heard on CNN, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts: "... Congress had a balanced intent. You can't look at another provision and say...

Berwick Steps Down as Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator

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This made news on Wednesday - Dr. Donald M. (Don) Berwick stepped down as CMS Administrator: "Harvard professor Don Berwick resigns as Medicare chief."...

Honoring Our Troops with Better Service through Lean

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In honor of Veterans' Day (in the U.S.) and Remembrance Day (in Canada, where I spent most of the last two weeks, often wearing...

True Story: Funny Canadian Border Agent Asks About My Books

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I'm back in Ontario again this week, giving three more short workshops about Healthcare Kaizen  at three different hospitals (after seven hospitals in five...

Problems like This Should be the Focus of “Lean Government”

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The "Strong America Now" initiative has proposed there are opportunities to save $500 BILLION  a year from our U.S. federal government budget by using...

Podcast #125 – Mike George on Lean Six Sigma for Government...

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Listen: My guest for Podcast #125 is Mike George, the founder of Strong America Now, a "nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing and educating citizens to...

Waste Upon Waste Upon Waste – U.S. Overproduction of Dollar Coins

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Come back Thursday, July 21 for my new Podcast with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, where we talk about his work to improve...

Interview with Paul Akers, CEO of FastCap, on the LeanAmerica.org Initiative

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Listen: This episode is a conversation with Paul Akers, founder and president of FastCap LLC, based in Bellingham, WA. FastCap is an international product development...

Newt Endorses Lean & Six Sigma for Government; Staff Quits on...

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I met Newt Gingrich at the Ontario Hospital Association conference in late 2009, as I blogged about here: "Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion." Yesterday...

Memorial Day Thanks & Links to Lean in the Military

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I know about 35% of you are reading from outside of the United States, but it is a national holiday here today, Memorial Day....

Everybody Deserves Workplace Respect – Even the T.S.A.

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As somebody who flies about 75,000 miles a year, I am far too acquainted with the Transportation Security Administration and their annoyances (to the...