Tag: Funny
Weekend Fun: Funny Plane Picture That’s Not Really “Visual Management”
There's a series of airplane photos, of South Africa's Kalula Airlines, that have been going around the web, including being posted in some blogs...
The Paradox of Green: Why Simply Giving New Recycling Bins Is...
My city in Texas signed a contract with a new trash/waste company that starts on September 1st. The new bin is green (pictured at...
Lean Parody Audio & Video: GEICO Commercial
Here is the latest of my Lean Healthcare parody commercials.
This time, I'm spoofing the overplayed GEICO commercials, where the gravely-voiced guy in the suit...
Weekend Fun: Depiction of the Lack of Hospital “5S”
One wouldn't expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor "5S" practices on the show Family Guy - of course, depending...
Audio Parody: “Lean Spice” Commercial
Hello, readers. How are you? Fantastic.
The recent series of Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa have been a pop culture hit, especially on YouTube...
New Book: “Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig”
One of the people I've been fortunate to meet in the last year is Dave deBronkart, aka "e-Patient Dave." I saw e-PD present at...
This Yahoo Check Makes Zero Cents
This is a cliche' of bad process and bad information systems, but I actually received a paper check in the mail from Yahoo! for...
Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad
If you've been anywhere near a TV lately, you've probably heard and seen this hypnotizing "What is iPad?" commercial (YouTube link). The announcer breathlessly...
Saturday Fun: Social Media on “The Office”
I know this is a blog about Lean, but if you're reading this, you might be somewhat hip to social media. That's such a...
30 Rock’s 6 Principles of 6 Sigma
My blog has gotten a lot of traffic since Thursday as people search for "30 rock jack welch" after his "acting" appearance on the...
Creative Kludge from a Cop = Kaizen?
A site related to my favorite failblog.org is "There I Fixed It," a creative collection of bad workarounds or clever fixes, depending on your...
“Win”-dow Washing: Standardized Work or Kaizen?
I try to keep things light here on Saturdays... one of my favorite sites is failblog.org and their related blogs. Although they normally document...