Tag: Deming
The Worst Root Cause Problem Solver in the Animal World Is…...
We all know the beaver is "the engineer of the animal kingdom." That's why MIT has a beaver as a mascot... it's an engineer...
Another PDSA: Please Don’t…
PDSA, back to the days of Dr. Deming, has stood for Plan Do Study Adjust.
A key point in the application of PDSA (and a...
America’s Oldest Bike Company Could Use Lean Manufacturing to Remain the...
Mark's Note: Today's post is by Andy Wagner, who contributed regularly to this blog from 2007 to 2010. This CNN video caught his eye...
Visiting Two Japanese Hospitals with an Eye for Lean; I Can’t...
In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study mission. It was...
Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014
Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others....
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...