Tag: Lean Startup

Should Have a Question Mark: Inc’s “The Leanest Startup?”

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Inc. Magazine didn't have the question mark in the headline, but I think it should be there. Much as the WSJ often just gets...

“Blame & Shame” is Shameful

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Many leaders in healthcare (including John Toussaint, Paul Levy, and others) are working to eliminate the "name, blame, and shame" culture that often exists...

Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2012, Day 2

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Following up on my notes from Day 1, here are some notes and key points from Day 2 of the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit....

Podcast #147 – Scott Patten and Peter Armstrong, Founders of LeanPub.com,...

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Listen Episode #147 is a part two of a conversation with  Scott Patten and Peter Armstrong from  LeanPub.com (listen to part one in episode #140). They...

What’s Wrong with “What’s Wrong With the Lean Start-up”

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A few years back, I coined a really bad acronym: L.A.M.E. One of the things it can mean is "Lean As Mistakenly Explained." It's...

Podcast Interview on “Lean Healthcare” for the ScrumCast Show

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Today, I'd like to share a podcast where the ScrumCast hosts,  Derek Neighbors and Clayton Lengel-Zigich, interviewed me about Lean in healthcare. Their audience...

The More Sophisticated Brains – Robots or Employees?

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Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye: "The Robots Are Coming to Hospitals:  A New Breed of Blue-Collar Robots...

Full “Healthcare Kaizen” Book Website Launches

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My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I did a soft launch a few weeks back, but we're happy to announce that the full website for...

Partial Transcript of Podcast #142 – @EricRies on Taiichi Ohno &...

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Here is a transcript of last week's podcast with Eric Ries talking about the impact that Toyota legend Taiichi Ohno had on his work...

Funny: The Most Interesting Lean Thinker in the World

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This is too good not to share. The team at a startup called Buffer  created a list of Lean Startup concepts in the guise...

Preview of the KaiNexus iPhone App – making improvement easier, anywhere

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KaiNexus has an initial v 1.0 iPhone app that's about ready to be submitted to Apple! It's been an exciting past few months at KaiNexus,...

This Commercial is Not Exactly the “Five Whys”

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If you're watching college football bowls or the NFL playoffs, it's hard not to see this commercial from DirecTV. It's not exactly the reverse...