Tag: Deming

U.S. Companies Competing with China Using Lean

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U.S. industry going lean to compete with China | Reuters Yesterday, I recorded a podcast with Jim D'Addario, CEO of the namesake multi-generational family company...

Notes from My First IHI National Quality Forum (#ihi09)

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Today was an exciting day at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 21st annual National Forum on Healthcare Quality Improvement. It's my first time here,...

Matthew May’s Encounter with Tiger & Goals of Perfection

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In Pursuit of Elegance | My Own Tiger's Tale What does Tiger Woods have to do with Lean Thinking and hospitals? Read on... Our good friend,...

Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion

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I had a great opportunity a few weeks back, seeing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich give a talk at the Ontario Hospital...

A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ, Nov 30 Edition

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Some days, it seems the WSJ is a treasure trove of tangentially Lean-related articles. Similar to "blog carnivals," this is sort of a WSJ...

Cleveland Clinic and Lean Healthcare in Newsweek

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What Health Reform Can Learn From Cleveland Clinic | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com Although it's not the primary focus of the article, Lean gets a...

Bad Behavior Kills – in Hospitals?

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amednews: Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown :: Nov. 16, 2009 ... American Medical News One of the two pillars of...

My Interview for ThomasNet Online

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Expert's Corner: Lean Enterprise Institute's Mark Graban : Industry Market TrendsSorry, no real post today (just returned from three busy days with Lean Healthcare...

NY Times on Standardization, Deming, and Lean Principles in Healthcare

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If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It - NYTimes.com About 10 people sent me this article via the...

Quote from Seth Godin on the Scientific Method

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This was in Inc. magazine, a quote from a favorite of mine, Seth Godin (click on the graphic for a larger, easier to read...

"McDreamy" Fights the Blame Game on "Grey’s Anatomy"

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Grey's Anatomy : I Saw What I Saw I'm not normally a Grey's Anatomy watcher (yeah, right, some of you might say... but I'm not)....

Hotels Give “Lean” a Bad Name??

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Housekeepers' Giant "Hope Quilt" Puts Hotel Job Injuries in Spotlight | Labor Notes Articles like this are incredibly frustrating to see. It makes me think...
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