Tag: Throwback
#TBT: Talking to a Friend of Captain “Sully” About Patient Safety
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 &...
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
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
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”
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
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
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...
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,...
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...
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)
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
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...