
Using Lean to Organize Hospital Closets...
http://leanblog.org/audio86 I saw this story when it originally appeared online as part of a local public radio station in California. It was now picked up nationally by NPR and a number of you email...
14 Aug 201510min

A Hospital Manager Makes Time for Kaizen
How do you MAKE time for continuous improvement?It's been a little while, but here's a new video about Kaizen and continuous improvement from our friends at Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapol...
13 Aug 20155min

When Warnings Aren't Given or Heeded,
The Problem With Underreporting Problems, When Warnings Aren’t Heeded in Aerospace, When Warnings Aren’t Heeded in Aerospace, When Warnings or Concerns Aren’t Shared in Healthcare http://leanblog.org...
12 Aug 201513min

"Practice? We're Talking About Practice?" Yes, Practicing Lean
Allen Iverson was a legendary NBA point guard and scorer who played from 1996 to 2011.In a 2002 news conference that still appears regularly on ESPN, Iverson responded to criticism that he missed prac...
8 Aug 20158min

Let's Play Match Game '15 - Suggestion Box Edition
I guess this counts as a "Flashback Friday," as I was reminded of an old game show that I loved as a kid: Match Game. I was too young to fully appreciate the show, I guess, but I remember it fondly an...
7 Aug 20156min

How My Blog Rant Helped Keep an Office 5S
http://leanblog.org/audio81 Lean is not about banning bananas from people's desks or banning sweaters hanging on chairs.We should be solving problems that matter, for customers and employees, through...
6 Aug 20155min

Moving from "Visuals" to "Visual Management"
http://leanblog.org/audio80 Here's the Key to Visual Management:To me, the core of visual management is captured in this statement from Fujio Cho, now the honorary chairman of Toyota: "Know normal f...
4 Aug 20159min

Why This Sushi Company Policy Letter
http://leanblog.org/audio79 I love the Texas-based grocery store chain "Central Market." It's like a local version of a Whole Foods, basically.One of their features is a sushi area that's run by a th...
3 Aug 20156min



















