Tag: USA Today
Goodbye Dr. House, Hello “Respect for People”
Dr. Robert Wachter has a great column in today's USA Today: "Column: Gregory House M.D.: RIP" and it's republished on his blog, with its...
Yes, We Need Staff Ideas – But, How to Manage Those...
It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas. Recently, we had a piece in...
Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat...
I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to save." That headline makes...
A Lean Guy Reads USA Today – NBA Unis and Teacher...
It's time for a Lean Blog feature I haven't done in a while.... "A Lean Guy Reads _______". I've done this before with the...
A Lean Urban Legend/Myth Busted about Toyoda and Toyota Names?
Last month, in the midst of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's appearance in front of Congress, there was a little sidebar in the USA Today...
USA Today Features Lean in Hospitals
Hospital CEOs manage staff time, inventory to cut costs - USATODAY.com
It's nice to see a major publication covering Lean and, especially, Lean in healthcare....
Japanese CEOs and Leadership
Toyota Posts Big Loss, Signals More to Come - WSJ.comI saw this article on Saturday and it reminded me to go ahead and blog...
Japan’s CEO Aren’t Greedy Villains
In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times - USATODAY.comThe USA Today, whether they're trying or not, is doing a good job...
A Simple Toyota Root Cause Problem-Solving Example — From USA Today
A USA Today article offered a small but telling example of how Toyota applies root cause problem solving and kaizen in everyday work. Even...
Ford Not “Blindly Copying” Toyota — Are They Missing Respect for...
TL;DR: Ford wants to learn from Toyota without blindly copying--but Lean isn't just about continuous improvement and efficiency. Without a deep commitment to respect...
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...
Report: Toyota’s First Layoffs Since 1950??
Report: Toyota considers cutting 1,000 jobs - USATODAY.com
With the down economy, there had been much discussion about whether Toyota could continue it's "no layoffs...
