What Do Cars Have to Do With Healthcare? How to Adopt and Adapt Lessons From…
Today, I'm giving a talk at the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) conference in Toronto. I was…
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Reelecting a #Lean Governor in Washington? Continuing with Lean Either Way?
It's probably, ahem, not the most closely watched election race in the United States today, but it will be…
You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate 16 Weeks of Staff Time to…
How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“?…
Throwback Thursday: This Hospital CEO Was Never Going to Get Lean
It's tempting to visit a place like ThedaCare and then mandate "everybody must have huddle boards." Then, a bunch…
Reflections on Almost 10 Years in Lean Healthcare
I often get asked, "How did you get into healthcare?" I was working on a chapter for a Lean healthcare compilation…
A Sad Story About “Lean” That Wasn’t Really Lean Management At…
In March, I wrote a post titled "Is it Lean's Fault or the Old Management System's?" about how people's…
Stuff I’m Reading – June 14, 2013: Sleepy Banker, Concerned Workers,…
It's again time to close some browser tabs and clear out the backlog of articles I've wanted to share but maybe…
Society for Health Systems (#SHS2013) Notes – MD Anderson Talks on #Deming…
I think this was my sixth consecutive year attending the annual Society for Health Systems Conference, held this…
Dr. Richard Zarbo’s Talk at the Lab Quality Confab
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In November, I…
Japan Tour Reflections: Taking Home Lean Artifacts or Lean Thinking?
Reflecting more on my recent Japan tour (see previous posts) one word came up in my notes: artifacts.
One…
A Panel of Early Lean Lab Innovators
This week, I was able to drop by the annual Lab Quality Confab event since it was being held in here in San…
Just Call it “5S Six Sigma” Instead of “Lean Sigma,”…
My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never…
Looking at Medical Mistakes – Learning and Preventing or Repeating?
Working in healthcare, it's hard not finding stories about preventable errors. I keep hearing stories from friends…
A Lean Guy Watches “CNN’s 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes”
Did anybody else see this show hosted to Elizabeth Cohen on CNN last weekend, titled "25 Shocking Medical…
The Lean Blog Holiday Gift Guide
This time of year, every publication under the sun (print and web) has a "Holiday Gift Guide" to share. In that…
Good News, Bad News on GM Doubling ‘Volt’ Production
I don't often go back to write about GM, the first company I worked for out of college. Thanks to my dad who sent…
A Great Poster in a Lean Hospital Lab – Asking Why
As a student of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's books and teachings, I'm not a big fan of slogans and posters in the…
As Seen on TV: Random Lean Terms in Commercials
On a recent Sunday morning, I was watching cable news channels and two different commercials had a word jump out at…