Tag: Respect for People

First off, a huge thumbs up and thanks are due to Eric Ries and his thought-provoking "Startup Lessons Learned" conference on the "Lean Startup"...

I'm always happy when the wisdom of Dr. W. Edwards Deming spreads in modern social media, almost 20 years after his passing. His message...

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

Mark's Note: Today's post is from Al Norval, with the firm Lean Pathways, Inc. In the Lean world, we hear all kinds of Japanese...

As somebody who flies about 75,000 miles a year, I am far too acquainted with the Transportation Security Administration and their annoyances (to the...

When hospital people say they don't want to be a factory or "we don't want assembly-line medicine," the statement often goes unchallenged. What is...

As I'm going through revisions of my book, Lean Hospitals, a theme jumps out at me in Chapter 2.... it's all about trust. The first...

Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

As many people do, I had to fill out an online health assessment for the purposes of my family's health insurance. The survey asked...

Now actor Charlie Sheen has been all over the news lately, giving interviews to practically anyone with a microphone. This is the type of...

Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...

Toyota has produced a series of videos that show how their innovations, technology and otherwise, have benefitted people outside of automobiles. One video that caught...