TL;DR: Decades of outsourcing and dismissing manufacturing as “old economy” thinking have hollowed out cities like Detroit and weakened the broader U.S. economy. Manufacturing still matters — not as nostalgia or protectionism, but as a foundation for sustainable growth. Lean…
If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’s Ideas Will Change It – NYTimes.com About 10 people sent me this article via the blog or Twitter, so thanks for that. Don’t worry about duplication if you see stuff…
Corner Office – Bad News or Good, Continental’s Chief Wants to Know – Question – NYTimes.com This interview with Larry Keller, CEO of Continental Airlines, had elements of “Like Lean” — ideas that are similar to Toyota Production System or…
Books – One Injury, 10 Countries – A Journey in Health Care – Review – NYTimes.com I think this book,The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, will go into the “to read” queue.…
Sunday, I read this New York Times article about Apple’s “App Store” for the iPhone and iPod Touch (I’ve been a pretty happy iPhone user for the past three months after switching over from BlackBerry). I’m going to try to…
Checking In With Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow On A “Model” Health Care System – Kaiser Health News Dr. Patty Gabow has been one of the leading CEO voices talking about Lean in Healthcare, as shown in the article linked…
Op-Ed Contributor – Health Care’s Infectious Losses – NYTimes.com FINALLY, a major contribution to the discussion about how we need to improve the quality of care delivery. That’s how we are truly going to bring costs down – by improving…
TL;DR: At GM, fear and poor leadership blocked bad news from flowing both up and down the organization. Executives were shielded from reality, frontline workers weren’t told the truth, and trust eroded as a result. Without leaders going to the…
The Myth of Multitasking – Dave Crenshaw I am long overdue on a review of this book, which I feel bad about because I really enjoyed it. Maybe I didn’t get to it because I was too busy multitasking… First…
How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs – BusinessWeek Jim Collins, of Good to Great fame, has a new book out called How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. Excerpts were printed in…
Toyota Is Tightening Its Belt – NYTimes.com The words don’t appear directly in the article, but the RSS blurb for this article (repeated in many “Tweets” and RSS feed news sources) reads: “Toyota Tightens Its Belt – In a soft…
FOXNews.com – Mystery Celebrity Link You’ll have to click on the above link to see who said the following (the link is from Fox News and is absolutely safe for work, for those who are not trusting the link). “‘I—Äôm…
