Major League Baseball Works on Standardizing the Ball… For What Purpose?
Back in 2014, I wrote an article for The Lean Post:
"Standardization is a Countermeasure, Never the Goal"
I'm a…
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#Lean Thoughts While Watching Football
I've blogged about football before - I should say "American football," since I have many international readers.…
Airplane Food: Flight Attendant Kaizen or a Violation of Standardized Work?
Today's blog post is about airplane food. It's not about the quality of airplane food... it's not an SNL…
My Webinar Recording: Standardize What Makes Sense…
Today at 3 PM, I'm doing a webinar at the invitation of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, as part of…
Signs, Error Proofing, and Explaining Why in the Gym
Are warning signs or instruction signs effective when they just tell people what to do? Should we use error…
[Updated] Texas Rangers’ 3B Adrian Beltre Ejected for 5S or Standardized…
Update: See the end of the post with some photos I took at the game yesterday where Beltre got his 3000th career…
A Confusing Rule That Seemed to Not Be Enforced: Minor League Baseball
Questions for a baseball game, a hospital or any workplace: What happens when we have rules that are confusing to…
The Good and the Bad of the United CEO’s Follow Up to Flight 3411
It's good that United's CEO has taken responsibility for system problems. It's great that they are changing some…
What are the “Quick Wins?” Ask the People Doing the Work
Last week, I received a few questions from somebody at a hospital system and I thought I'd address one of them…
“Practicing Lean” Excerpt: Lesa Nichols on Standardized Work &…
As I'm documenting in the comments here, the collaborative eBook Practicing Lean has now generated more than $1000 …
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online:
"Keen to Be Lean"
The sub headline talks…
Guest Post: Tom Brady (TB12) – Lean Thinker
Mark's Note: Today's post is by a new guest contributor, Tom Gormley. I first met Tom back in 2009 or 2010 when…
The Time I Volunteered at a Distillery and Couldn’t Help Doing Kaizen
One thing I enjoy is the opportunity to basically be a “value adding” worker in a process. The work is pretty…
What Do You (or Your ______) Like or Dislike Most About Your Hospital?
This article caught my eye at Becker's Hospital Review:
We asked 13 physicians what they really think of their…
Lean at UCLA Harbor Medical Center Featured by the BBC
The BBC radio program "The Science Hour" recently aired a program with a segment where an unexpected person (Dr.…
Guest Post: Is Your Organization Practicing “Unlean Lean”?
Mark's note: Today's post is something that Drew Locher originally published in his email newsletter (sign up…
The Shared Interests & Goals of Lean and the Patient Safety Movement
Later today and tomorrow, I'll be attending the annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit that's…
Another Conversation About L.A.M.E. and Lean in Manufacturing and Healthcare
It's far too common to see somebody with just a little bit of understanding about Lean do things that really…