Tag: Audio
Throwback Thursday: Jim Womack on the Term “Lean” & Eric Ries...
Last Monday, I had the chance to attend a Lean Startup event in Austin where Eric Ries announced the launch of a Kickstarter project for a new book. 10 days ago isn't much of
Lean Factories and Lean Hospitals Are Safer and They’re Better Listeners
When we introduce the idea of Lean to healthcare organizations, it's very common for somebody (often a senior physician) to say something like,
"But we...
Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital [Book]
Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's recommendation. It was probably one of...
Please Help with Research Topics – Understanding Variation & Reducing Blame
OK, so it's not the kind of scientific research that involves lab coats and microscopes, but I'm doing some research that I'd like your...
Throwback Thursday: Lean Manufacturing Training from 2002
It's time for another "Throwback Thursday" post, which is, as always, accompanied by one of my thoughtful-looking baby pictures :-)
Back in 2002, back when...
It’s Patient Safety Awareness Week and I Was Surprised That This...
This week is the annual Patient Safety Awareness Week, presented by the National Patient Safety Foundation, a non-profit that I like and support. As...
10 Ways That Lean Concepts Respect & Support Healthcare Staff
Lean provides a philosophy and a management model that should be nothing but good for staff and patients. The idea of “respect for people” might sound nice in principle, but what does it mean in a practical sense...
Stuff I’m Reading March 2015: Womack, Sweatshops, Hospitals, and Surveys
As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about. Too much WIP...
A Call for Partners to Measure Improvement Results using “The Batz...
Some of you might know that I'm on the board of a Texas-based non profit, the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. It's an...
Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky
This article caught my attention the other day, primarily because I like scotch, whisky (and whiskey and bourbon). The Japanese love scotch whisky and...
Kaizen: Giving Seven Days’ Grace on a New Idea [Video]
Here's another video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all here or via a...
The One Thing Google Should Show When You Search for a...
Today's post is hosted over at LinkedIn, as part of my participation in the LinkedIn Influencers series.
The post is titled: "The One Thing Google...