Tag: Deming

Secretary Shinseki Has Resigned; Will Things Change at the VA?

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=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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Listen 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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

Learning Not to Blame: Baseball Edition

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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”...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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I wrote an article for LinkedIn yesterday about the recent GM ignition problem controversy and recall. I commented mainly on the video put out...
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