Tag: Apple

Apple and I Made a Similar Mistake: 24 or 2024?

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The other day, I was presenting at a company about "Psychological Safety as a Pre-Condition for Continuous Improvement." It was a hybrid event and...

The Simple, Cheap Improvement I Made to My iPhone MagSafe Charger

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When I first learned about "wireless" charging for devices like my iPhone, I was a skeptic. "How hard is it to connect a charging cable?,"...

Am I Getting Over My Resistance to the Newer iPhones? Am...

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It's a bit of a Throwback Thursday... in October of 2017, I wrote this post about my, ahem, "resistance to change" when it came...

Am I “Resistant to Change” When it Comes to iPhones?

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When I was recently considering switching from an iPhone 6S to a newer iPhone 8 Plus (or an iPhone X), I wrote this post...

This Apple Store Sign Seems to be a Sign of Apple’s...

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Why the sign on the Apple Store door reminded me of their poor problem solving and inelegant solutions to my broken MacBook Pro. This might be my last blog post for the week unless that gets sorted out (or if I get better at doing work like this on my iPad). It might be my last Mac. How the mighty have fallen?

Back from Vacation – Digital Detox Tips & Webinar Tomorrow on...

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I'm back from two weeks of vacation and I'm going to ease back into social media and the blog, which includes a free webinar...

Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement

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tl;dr: In this post, Mark shares a video and transcript featuring Steve Jobs discussing the concept of continuous improvement in 1990. He examines how...

Guest Post: The Ultimate Lean Thinker’s Phone – the iPhone “5S”

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Hi, this is Dr. Les Muda, the world's first (and only) Lean healthcare comedian, taking over Mark's blog today for a guest post about...

Apple Expected 10% Bad iPhones from Foxconn?

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I'd read before that Apple's supplier (Foxconn) was having trouble assembling iPhone 5s to Apple's standards... but this article contains some shocking stats: "Apple...

Watching the Steve Jobs “Lost Interview,” Part 2

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As I started writing about yesterday in Part 1, I recently viewed a lost video of Steve Jobs being interviewed in 1995.  See this...

Watching the Steve Jobs “Lost Interview,” Part 1

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Recently, I stumbled across something that's been out for about a year, a lost video of Steve Jobs being interviewed in 1995. See this...

Google Nexus Q – Made in the USA

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I'm not sure Google has much of a market for a $299 media player (with the AppleTV and Roku players being under $100), but...
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