Lean Should be Solution to Hospital Overwork or Understaffing
Lean Should be the Solution to Hospital Overwork or Understaffing
30 Tammi 201914min
Toyota as a "People Development Company"
When I had the chance to go back to Japan last October with Honsha, there was a big focus on what the former Toyota people kept referring to as "a development company." The meaning was that Toyota (an...
14 Tammi 201912min
Value is Defined by the Customer...
Value is Defined by the Customer (and not all Customers are the Same) http://www.leanblog.org/audio263 It's said in the Lean methodology that “value is defined by the customer.” Value can be define...
9 Tammi 20197min
For Big Leaps With New Year’s Resolutions, Start With
For Big Leaps With New Year’s Resolutions, Start With Baby Steps Thanks to the Lean Enterprise Institute for publishing my article about Kaizen, new habits, and New Year's resolutions: Take Baby Ste...
8 Tammi 20197min
LinkedIn Post: The Carrot and The Stick “On Steroids”
Back in 2013, I wrote a post that I published as part of the LinkedIn Influencer series: The Carrot and The Stick “On Steroids” Please check it out. I hope it makes you chuckle and think.
16 Elo 20185min
React Less and Improve More by Using SPC More Effectively
It's been a while since I've contributed something to the Lean Enterprise Institute's online publication, The Lean Post (see past articles). Today, they're allowing me to introduce some ideas from my...
14 Elo 201816min
#Lean Shouldn't be a Reason for Nurses to Strike
A retired labor leader from the automotive industry (who reads this blog) sent me a link to this article: #RedforMed: 1,800 Vermont Nurses Are On Strike Demanding Their Hospital Put Patients Over Pro...
13 Elo 20188min
“ER wait times down, but only slightly” ??
http://leanblog.org/audio258 “ER wait times down, but only slightly” or ER wait times are virtually the same? This article was sent by a friend and blog reader from Winnipeg the other day: “ER wai...
23 Heinä 201813min
