Tag: Video

Depersonalized Workplaces are L.A.M.E., not Lean, Harming Productivity and People

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When I was traveling last week, a magazine caught my eye, one I don't normally read: Scientific American Mind and the article  "Cubicle, Sweet...

Lean Blog Week in Review #4 – September 26, 2010

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Here is the latest in my "Week in Review" series for the week ending 9/26/10, featuring stories about a Toyota tour, a Don Berwick...

Some Cool Video Technology for Standardized Work & Error Proofing

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I recently ran across a Michigan startup company called OPS Solutions that has some interesting technology that could be applied in many settings for...

Lean Blog Week in Review #2 – September 12, 2010

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Here's my second attempt at the Lean Blog Week in Review video. Thanks to those who gave feedback about the first. This new one...

Lean Blog Week in Review #1 – September 4, 2010

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This is a new experiment, the "Lean Blog Week in Review." Let me know what you think. Ideally, I would do these each week,...

The Paradox of Green: Why Simply Giving New Recycling Bins Is...

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My city in Texas signed a contract with a new trash/waste company that starts on September 1st. The new bin is green (pictured at...

Weekend Fun: Beer Kaizen Parody Video

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Props to KCOE for the spot-on parody video of Bruce Hamilton's legendary Toast KAIZEN": Introduction to Lean Principles DVD. Even if you just watch...

Weekend Fun: Depiction of the Lack of Hospital “5S”

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One wouldn't expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor "5S" practices on the show Family Guy - of course, depending...

New Book: “Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig”

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One of the people I've been fortunate to meet in the last year is Dave deBronkart, aka "e-Patient Dave." I saw e-PD present at...

Video Podcast #11 – Norman Bodek, “How to Do Kaizen” Part...

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Video #11 features  Norman Bodek talking about some of the ideas in his most recent book, How to do Kaizen: A new path to...

Two Extreme Sides to Every Story in Politics *and* Lean??

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This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at least...

A Lean Healthcare Intro Video

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A few weeks back, I was given the chance to preview a Lean Healthcare intro video from a Wisconsin firm called Optima. The video...