Tag: Throwback

#TBT: Talking to a Friend of Captain “Sully” About Patient Safety

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OK, it's Tuesday... "Throwback Tuesday." I'll make that a thing. Somebody I really appreciated getting to know, before her retirement from healthcare improvement work, was...

#TBT with an Update: Kaizen & Culture Clash Between Suntory &...

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Last year, I wrote a blog post about the intersection of two things I like a lot: Kaizen and whiskey: "Why Kaizen is an...

#TBT: Posts from August 20 in Years Past

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Facebook and their "On This Day" feature is helpful because the platform often reminds me of what happened on this day in years past....

#TBT: Posts from Julys Past

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I'm going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years past. 2015: See...

Be Careful With “No Waiting Rooms” Just Like “Zero Inventories”

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For decades, manufacturers have been tripped up by the simplistic idea that Lean is about "zero inventories." It probably didn't help that one of...

#TBT: Toyota Helps Another Food Bank

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Back in 2013, I blogged about Toyota helping the NYC Food Bank... not helping as in giving money, but helping as in sharing their...

#TBT: Posts from This Week in Lean Blog History

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I often like to look back at posts from a particular date (or nearby dates) from the past 11 years of Lean Blogging... so...

#TBT: A Past Podcast & Future Webinar on Lean in Law...

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For this "Throwback Thursday" post, I'd like to highlight a podcast that I did in 2013 with my friends Karen Skinner and David Skinner. They...

#TBT: Looking Back at Taiichi Ohno’s Book: Lean, Layoffs, Henry Ford,...

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Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me. Sometimes, while on the road,...

#TBT: An Old Podcast with Dr. Jack Billi and a Future...

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For those of you who have been around Lean healthcare for a while, I hope you've met or at least heard of Dr. Jack...

#Throwback Thursday: Wrong House Gets Demolished (And It Happened Again)

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Today's Throwback Thursday looks back to an article from April 2010: Should Have Posted a "Caution: Don't Knock Our House Down" Sign? A house in Denton,...

Throwback Thursday: Various Posts from February 4th, Across 11 Years

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My blog turned 11 years old last month. Thanks to everyone for reading! I looked back, as a Throwback Thursday, and found a number of really good posts that were published on this date...