Tag: Deming
Secretary Shinseki Has Resigned; Will Things Change at the VA?
=Following up on posts from Monday and Wednesday, we see this headline today: "Shinseki resigns after VA scandal."
As I wrote about on LinkedIn, instead...
Podcast #198 – Harry Kenworthy, Lean in Government (Local, State, and...
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Episode #198 is a discussion with Harry Kenworthy about his work bringing Lean into local and state governments. We had a great conversation that...
Blame: Human Error Occurs Even IF We’re Being Careful
I'm not sure why "error" was put in quotes since this seems like an actual error, not a quote-unquote error:
Staff 'error' blamed for chlorine...
Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich, Deming, and Lean Leadership
Since moving to San Antonio two years ago, I've become a big fan of the San Antonio Spurs. For one, it's essentially a civic...
Dr. Deming & Kaizen: Employees Should Not Just Suggest, But Try...
I've really enjoyed reading the book The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality that was published last year. I think this link will...
My Comments on #Lean Healthcare in These Challenging Times
Thanks to Dodge Communications for interviewing me for their blog: "Improving healthcare--there's no instant pudding."
I was, of course, citing the late great Dr. W....
Great Steve Jobs Video (& Transcript) from 1990 on Continuous Improvement
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...
Learning Not to Blame: Baseball Edition
Following up my post about not blaming a bartender, here's another look at learning to cast aside our old habit of blaming individuals... this...
The Day I Thought I’d Get Fired from “The Old GM”...
Following up on yesterday's post that talked about "the old GM" putting cost ahead of quality, I sometimes I get flashbacks to my days working...
How Do You Make Time for Improvement? Here are Nine Takes...
I'm happy to be a participating author on "The Lean Edge" blog/site that's hosted by Michael Ballé author of The Gold Mine and other books.
Their most recent question...
Is it a Bad Idea to Pay a Lean Consultant Based...
The price paid for most management consulting work is based on either a daily rate or some variation of a flat-rate fee based on...
Did GM Forget that the Customer Should Come First? And Who...
I wrote an article for LinkedIn yesterday about the recent GM ignition problem controversy and recall. I commented mainly on the video put out...