Free Excerpt from "Lean Hospitals" and "Practicing Lean"
http://leanblog.org/audio150 Thanks to those of you who pre-ordered the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals.Click below to read a free preview from the book, the start of the chapter on leading and...
23 Juni 20168min
Be Careful With "No Waiting Rooms" Just Like "Zero Inventories"
For decades, manufacturers have been tripped up by the simplistic idea that Lean is about "zero inventories." It probably didn't help that one of the earliest and most prominent books about what many ...
13 Juni 20169min
GM's CEO Roger Smith Thought Toyota Had Magic,
Thanks to this post by Bruce Hamilton (aka "Toast Guy" or "Old Lean Dude"), I was reminded of the old General Motors effort, spearheaded by then-CEO Roger Smith (of "Roger&Me" fame), to fully automate...
9 Juni 20167min
From 1994, But Relevant Today: "Why TQM Fails"
The 1994 book Why TQM Fails And What to Do About It is a book that could be very relevant today, in the context of Lean. I'll give credit to Greg Jacobson, MD from KaiNexus who had a copy of this book...
8 Juni 20168min
his Doctor is Upset About Something,
http://leanblog.org/audio146 Earlier this year, we had rantings from two doctors about Lean in the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine... except what they described didn't really sound like Lean...
6 Juni 20168min
The Need for Standardized Work When Ordering Whiskey
Ah, whiskey. I like whiskey. I'm not afraid to say that. I've blogged about whiskey (or whisky) once before: Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky. I also have a personal Kaize...
3 Juni 20164min
My LinkedIn Post on Bad Toast & Bad Management
Previously on LinkedIn, I’ve written about Kaizen in a wine bar and the need for restaurants to not blame employees for problems. Yesterday, I published my 50th post for their Influencers program: T...
2 Juni 20165min
If Your Hospital Wants to "Implement #Lean,"
http://leanblog.org/audio143 I've written before about the subject of hospitals "flexing" nurses and employees. I've criticized flexing (or the practice of sending employees home early because patien...
31 Maj 20165min
