Tag: Safety
Interview with Paul O’Neill; The Right Goals in Healthcare
Many of you may know of Paul O'Neill for the dramatic employee safety improvements at aluminum maker Alcoa and you may know of him...
Should Have Posted a “Caution: Don’t Knock Our House Down” Sign?
I saw this on the national cable news two nights ago, the horrifying story of a Denton TX woman whose house was basically destroyed...
A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ, Nov 30 Edition
Some days, it seems the WSJ is a treasure trove of tangentially Lean-related articles. Similar to "blog carnivals," this is sort of a WSJ...
UPS: Disrespect for People?
by Dan Markovitz
I took this picture of a UPS truck recently in NYC. (The orange signs say "SAFETY.") At first I thought, "Great! UPS...
Customer Intimacy = Safety from Salmonella?
I'm not one, generally, to worry about consumer privacy with stores and them tracking my purchases. I like that amazon.com keeps a record of...
Following up on the Peanut Corporation… Snap, Crackle, Salmonella?
Following up on these two earlier posts (here and here)... I'll quit calling them the "Idiot Corporation of America" since the Peanut Corporation of...
Idiot Inspector for Idiot Corporation?
TheDay.com - Food safety problems slip by auditorsYou might remember my rants about the Idiot Corp... I mean Peanut Corporation of America. Just saw...
Idiot Corporation of America?
Ga. peanut plant has history of problems - Food safety - nbc.com
NY Times article
There was a lot of focus in the news yesterday about...
Moving Backward on Airline Safety?
Three airlines drop self-reporting safety program - USATODAY.comDropping this program has got to be one of those "process indicators" of airline safety. I can't...
Birthday Ramblings on Errors and Work Design
Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, recently wrote a good piece on "endorsing" a U.S. presidential candidate. Today, I'm technically Constitution-eligible to be...
This is what $1 billion (and $25 million a year) gets...
by Dan MarkovitzThe New York subway system has invested nearly $1 billion investment since the early 1990s -- and $25 million per year in...
Misuse of the "Customer" Concept
FAA too cozy with airlines, whistle-blowers say | ajc.comAs a frequent flyer, it's really troubling anytime you read about systemic problems in the aviation...
