Tag: Laboratory

My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never done much with Six Sigma....

Working in healthcare, it's hard not finding stories about preventable errors. I keep hearing stories from friends and family - such as my relative...

Did anybody else see this show hosted to Elizabeth Cohen on CNN last weekend, titled "25 Shocking Medical Mistakes"? You can see a video...

This time of year, every publication under the sun (print and web) has a "Holiday Gift Guide" to share. In that spirit, I am...

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...

As a student of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's books and teachings, I'm not a big fan of slogans and posters in the workplace. Last week,...

On a recent Sunday morning, I was watching cable news channels and two different commercials had a word jump out at me, words that...

I am happy to share, with permission, a new journal article that I co-authored with Jim Adams ("The Synthesizer"), the senior director of laboratory...

In discussions of "kaizen" (the Japanese word that is translated to "continuous improvement" or "change for the better"), I often hear of organizations talk...

Today's post isn't strictly about Lean, but I was reminded by a reader to mention something really cool that I saw in Wired Magazine...

Short post today, but a simple message, I think. One of the best lessons I've learned about Lean management is about the need to...

I had a good long chat with a former client (from my J&J days) the other day. I call him "The Synthesizer," and no...