Tag: Twitter
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 2nd, 2022
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 18, 2022
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Get these directly...
Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More
TL;DR: Lean is often misunderstood. It's not about rushing patients, cutting staff, or blindly installing tools. When practiced properly, Lean is fundamentally patient-centered, focused...
Throwback Thursday: 23 Tweets I Might Have Sent in 2002
I have been going through some old papers recently and I found two sheets of paper with hand-written thoughts or "truisms" that I had scribbled...
Tweets & Notes from a Patient Safety Conference
Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the "Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit" in Irvine, California, as part of my role as a board member for the Louise...
Six-Second Vine Video: Plan then Do then Study then Adjust then…
For those of you not familiar with Vine, it's a social network owned by Twitter that allows you post videos that are six seconds...
Warning: You Can’t Even Draw a Map with this “Value Stream...
If you are a Twitter user and follow the #Lean hashtag on Twitter, you might have seen a lot of noise from a company...
Real-Time Office Kaizen With the Help of Twitter; Practicing What I...
As I've been working on my upcoming second book, Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements, I've had "kaizen" (or continuous improvement) on the...
Stop Demotivating Your Employees: Deming’s Timeless Lesson for Leaders
TL;DR: W. Edwards Deming taught that organizations don't need to motivate people--they need to stop demotivating them. Practices like rankings, merit pay, numerical targets...
Avoiding the Risks of Using Glib Quotes in Patient Safety Discussions
Yesterday, I tweeted a quote about patient safety that I've seen posted on the wall or bulletin board in many hospitals:
"To err is human,...
Tweet to Win An Autographed Book and Mental Model Cards from...
You might know of and already be a fan of Pascal Dennis (read more about him and listen to my recent podcast with him...
Saturday Fun: Social Media on “The Office”
I know this is a blog about Lean, but if you're reading this, you might be somewhat hip to social media. That's such a...
