Isn't It Ironic? Mistakes That Interrupted My Webinar About Mistakes
Episode #319 -- read the blog post that contains video of the webinar A contractor unplugged my WiFi router. Or was there more to it than that? Instead of blaming somebody else, what mistakes did I ma...
3 Juli 202214min
This WSJ Article About Lean Isn't Terrible (via GE and Larry Culp)
Blog postIn this episode, Mark Graban breaks down a rare moment in mainstream business journalism: a Wall Street Journal article that actually does a respectable job explaining Lean. Using GE and CEO ...
4 Jan 202212min
Dolphins Are Also Smart Enough to Game the System to Get More
Blog post: https://www.leanblog.org/audio317 Oh, how I enjoyed this article a month ago when it was sent to me. It's from 2003, but it was new to me: Why dolphins are deep thinkers
11 Okt 20217min
What Does Kaizen Suggest About How to Incentivize People to Submit Ideas?
Blog post: https://www.leanblog.org/audio316 I received a question from a healthcare leader who had read about the “idea card” format and method that Joe Swartz and I shared in our Healthcare Kaizen b...
8 Okt 202112min
Free Webinar: Applications of Lean Leadership Methods in Home-Based Care
Blog post: https://www.leanblog.org/audio315 I'm really excited to be hosting and moderating this webinar next week, the second in our new Value Capture Webinar series. The title is "Applications of L...
7 Okt 20213min
Improvements to the Covid Vaccination Process -- Small and Large (and Hockey Hubs)
Blog post: https://www.leanblog.org/audio314 In this era of Covid--19 vaccination, I'm still pretty much sidelined and not on site with any clients, although I did get to visit two mass vaccination si...
20 Maj 202115min
What Does Lean Mean to Healthcare Professionals? What Should it Mean?
https://www.leanblog.org/audio313 tl;dr summary: Lean isn't just efficiency... it's safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale. People often misunderstand that -- they don't know or they were taught ...
18 Mars 20218min
Being Logical and Kind When a Mistake is Made
https://www.leanblog.org/audio312 In this post, I'm going to share some reflections from one of my workplaces, some things that occurred last week. I'm going to be vague, so forgive me for that. It fe...
4 Mars 20217min
