Choosing Optimism Over Layoffs: Joy Mason’s Lean Approach to Business…
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GM Shrinking, Laying Off People, Shutting Down Factories, and Cutting Costs…
I take no joy in the troubles of any automaker, be it Tesla, Nissan, GM or any others over time.
Of course,…
Lessons from Tesla: Short-Term Thinking and Short-Term Layoffs
Again, Tesla and their CEO Elon Musk are generating a lot of news and, I think, many things to think about, even if…
What’s Going on with Lean at ThedaCare?
I’ve heard a lot of rumblings recently about what might be happening at ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin…
Toyota Helps Another Dallas-Area Hospital: The Parkland Emergency Department
Here is the headline from the Dallas Morning News: "How Toyota improved Parkland Hospital's ER -- with purple…
The Advice about #Lean That Your Hospital CEO Should Be Getting
Art Byrne's latest book, The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, has a lot of great tips that he's trying to share, CEO…
Lessons Ford & the UAW Learned in Japan in 1981 Still Apply (Even in…
I continue sharing documents from the Don Ephlin library archive. What did Ford and the UAW learn when they visited…
Improving Safety & Quality Matters, but a $54 Million Cost Savings Makes for…
I saw this article a few days ago in one of the larger healthcare industry trade publications: How One Woman Saved…
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online:
"Keen to Be Lean"
The sub headline talks…
Examples of Corporate Speak That Masks Reality in Banking and Healthcare
I get annoyed by corporate euphemisms, such as referring to people as "resources," the term "right-sizing"…
#TBT: Posts from Julys Past
I'm going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years…
If Your Hospital Wants to “Implement #Lean,” You Need to Learn This…
I've written before about the subject of hospitals "flexing" nurses and employees. I've criticized flexing (or the…
#TBT: Looking Back at Taiichi Ohno’s Book: Lean, Layoffs, Henry Ford, and…
Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me.
Sometimes, while…
#Lean Would Be a Solution for What These Nurses Complain About
In my time working with hospitals, I've always been very sympathetic to front-line nurses (and other staff). They…
The Main Lesson That Businesses (and Hospitals) Can Learn From This Toyota Plant…
If you follow the auto industry, you might have seen headlines this week about how Toyota is being forced to shut…
Is This The One Question That Determines If You’re Truly a Lean-Thinking…
I get asked a lot, “How do you know if a hospital is truly ‘Lean?'” Nobody is ever perfect or “fully Lean,” but you…
Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More
It's not uncommon to hear statements thrown around about Lean that are more of a myth than anything resembling…
Why is Today “#WorldNoResourcesDay” and Why Do Words Matter?
I learned about this the other today via Twitter (hat tip to @agile_memes), but today is "World No Resources Day"…