Tag: Waste

Here is an international reader question from somebody working in healthcare in the Middle East. The reader writes: I would like to thank you for your...

Last week, I received a few questions from somebody at a hospital system and I thought I'd address one of them here: "Can you suggest any "quick wins" to get staff engaged in a Lean culture?"

Mark's Note: Today's post is by a new guest contributor, Tom Gormley. I first met Tom in 2009 or 2010 when my wife and...

The famed actor and comedian Gene Wilder passed away this week at age 83. I think of him primarily as an actor from the classic...

The BBC radio program "The Science Hour" recently aired a program with a segment where an unexpected person (Dr. Kevin Fong) to an unexpected...

I'm a car guy. Above all other mechanical devices that we engineers get to be involved with, I am fascinated most with these incredible...

The past two weeks have been very busy, to say the least. Thanks to the guest bloggers who contributed posts to help reduce my...

Each Saturday, I get an email newsletter from the UK-based site "Nursing Times." Last week, this article, caught my eye: "Workplace principles revealed for NHS staff in Wales." A free registration might be required to read it or other articles, but it's worth it.

We talk about problem solving and continuous improvement in the Lean methodology. How much time should we worry about distinguishing between the problems we CAN solve, the problems we SHOULD solve, and the problems we MUST solve? ...

Mark's note: Today's post is by Paul Critchley and he raises important questions that I've seen in both factories and hospitals. Here's his post... As I've moved through my career and Lean journey, I've been blessed to have met and worked with some really fantastic people...

Many of you might not care, but it's football season. Major college football starts tomorrow night and the NFL kicks off their season next...

I did a similar post in 2012, but here's a post where I share some recent NPR stories that I've heard recently (through the...