Tag: Weekend Fun

If I Had a Million Kaizens: What Big Numbers of Small...

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As organizations like UMass Memorial Health surpass hundreds of thousands--and even millions of kaizens, it's worth pausing to reflect on what those numbers really...

Weekend Fun: Toast Kaizen or Coffee Kaizen?

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I like to do some fun and lighthearted posts on the weekends... a blog segment I call "Weekend Fun" (not so creative, I realize). An...

Weekend Fun: Lean in a British Hospital Soap Opera

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Hat tip to Paul Levy for sharing this video originally in his blog post. Here is the video (you just have to watch the first...

Weekend Fun: An Example of Poor Problem Solving

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Here's a funny ESPN commercial featuring PGA golfer Rickie Fowler. Fowler is pouring coffee, yet he makes some bad assumptions about which coffee is decaf...

Weekend Fun: “The Onion” on a Really Subtle Bad Boss

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It's been a crazy week, so I was in the mood for a good chuckle... and the fake news site "The Onion" delivered in...

Weekend Fun: Muda and a Lack of Kaizen on “The Office”

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Here's a great clip from Thursday's episode of The Office. One of the new employees shows how he enters customer complaints into the computer...

Guest Post: Weekend Fun – The Post That Goes PING!

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Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Brian Buck, a fellow lean healthcare  practitioner  who regularly blogs at "Improve With Me." Following my tendency...

Weekend Fun: How “Toast Kaizen” Should Have Ended

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I've probably seen the "Current Condition" portion of the fantastic "Toast Kaizen" DVD  (from GBMP) more than a hundred times over the past seven...

Weekend Fun: “Medical Records” in Auto Repair vs. Hospitals

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Since many organizations might block The Onion website, I decided to post this in the "weekend fun" category: Quick-Lube Shop Masters Electronic Record Keeping Six...

Weekend Fun: Where Good Ideas Go to Die

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There's a funny cartoon over at ONEFTE.com about suggestions and employee ideas. The post is titled "Where good ideas go to die." One time...

Weekend Fun – Quality Related Band Names

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I was driving the other day, listening to the 1980s music channel on XM Radio. The DJ announced a song by Duran Duran and...

Weekend Fun: The Management Methods, They Are a-Changin’

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Fans of Bob Dylan and Mike Rother's book Toyota Kata will appreciate this song especially:
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