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…
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Yes, We Need Staff Ideas – But, How to Manage Those Ideas?
It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas.…
Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat Your Customers
I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to…
A Lean Guy Reads USA Today – NBA Unis and Teacher Merit Pay
It's time for a Lean Blog feature I haven't done in a while.... "A Lean Guy Reads _______". I've done this before…
A Lean Urban Legend/Myth Busted?
Last month, in the midst of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's appearance in front of Congress, there was a little sidebar in…
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…
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…
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…
Nice Toyota "Root Cause" Problem Solving Example in USA Today
The other 'Big 3': Japanese car giants caught in sales skid, too - USATODAY.comIt was Kaizen Week in the paper,…
Ford Not "Blindly Copying" Toyota – They Ignore "Respect for…
Ford CEO Mulally shares Toyota's vision -- Article from USATODAY.com
Why does the USA TODAY tend to do a better…
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…
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…
Moving Backward on Airline Safety?
Three airlines drop self-reporting safety program - USATODAY.comDropping this program has got to be one of those…
The Death of the Jobs Bank
UAW suspends jobs bank, delays retiree fund payments - USATODAY.comSo this might be the end of the infamous Jobs…
Toyota’s Commitment to People
Toyota's plunge into big pickups veers into a Texas-size ravine - USATODAY.com
I've already written about this…