Tag: Respect for People

Lucian Leape Loathes Lean or “L.A.M.E.”?

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Noted patient safety expert Dr. Lucian Leape spoke out recently about medical school culture being a root cause of poor quality (see my blog...

How the Gold Medal Puck Was Almost Lost

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As an American, and a Red Wings fan, it pains me, in a way, to write about Sidney Crosby and the Canadian team's overtime...

How “Training With Industry” Helped in This Hospital Laboratory

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On Friday, I co-presented at the Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare Division conference in Atlanta. It was the first time this was...

Familiar Voices and New Voices on Lean

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You heard enough from me yesterday... today I want to share some other voices with you and their thoughts on Lean. First, familiar voices...

L.A.M.E. as Heard on NPR?

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Oh no, it seems like a L.A.M.E. ("Lean As Misguidedly Executed") story on NPR's All Things Considered program. No wonder some people hate the...

Great Newsweek Cover Story on Why Layoffs Are Harmful

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I had long given up on Newsweek as a source of news (hey, at least it's published weekly unlike IndustryWeek). But this cover caught...

Akron Children’s Hospital Embraces Lean

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Here is an article that discusses the adoption of Lean methods at Akron Children's Hospital ("Hospital embraces lean strategies of manufacturing"). The article spells out...

Guest Post: A3 = “Drive”

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Dan Pink's new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, has been getting a lot of press recently, and deservedly so. He demonstrates...

Lean: Letting our human characteristics flourish…

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Yesterday, I was in the first day of two for John Shook's "Managing to Learn" class about A3 management here at the Lean Enterprise...

10 Things I Wish Lean Practitioners Wouldn’t Say in 2010

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In the blog tradition of "Top 10" lists (and "do not say" lists, like this one from Time or this workplace list from CNN),...

The Emperor’s Sacred Cow’s New Clothes – “Flexing” Hospital Staff

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Since moving into healthcare in 2005, I've been surprised by a number of things in the hospital environment. The first time a skilled medical...

Guest Post : It’s About People

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Today's guest post is from Ankit Patel, who started his own blog and has been active on Twitter. Welcome to the Lean blogosphere, Ankit. It's...
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