Tag: Deming

Hat tip to my friend and fellow Productivity Press author Naida Grunden for pointing out an article she is a co-author on, "Improving Patient...

It's Super Bowl week in the U.S., which is probably even obvious to many readers from outside of North America. As we watch the...

There was a really good discussion and story on the ESPN program "Sunday NFL Countdown" today about individual player incentive payments -- why are...

Here's a hilarious, yet somewhat sad, story that will instantly resonate with students of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. From Poland -- police officers in the...

Episode #107 is something I've been looking forward to for some time now - an interview with Dan Pink, the author of some  outstanding...

I received a question from a reader, a retiree from a manufacturing company who is now a volunteer for a healthcare organization. We have...

I was recently invited by SixSigmaIQ.com to participate by giving a response to the question "How to beat the mid-project blues?" - looking at...

On weekends, I like to share videos or fun stuff that gets us thinking. Today, I'm sharing a video with the legendary Dr. Russell...

I've written occasionally about Lean efforts in government (see a list of posts here). There are formal Lean government efforts at varying levels of...

Here's a video produced by Jim Handyside, embedded here with his permission. More inspirational than educational, there are still some concepts related to Lean...

I saw a nice article by author Daniel Pink (most recently the author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us) called "Think...

Yesterday, I tweeted a quote about patient safety that I've seen posted on the wall or bulletin board in many hospitals: "To err is human,...