Tag: GE
Random Super Bowl XLIX Lean-Like Moments – Katy Perry and GE
Following up my earlier post about the "Patriot Way..."
During her halftime extravaganza (video), Katy Perry had a silver strap around her wrist, attached to the microphone....
TV Ad for GE Capital Features a Lean Turnaround for a...
Thanks to my friend and former Toyota employee Karthik Chandramouli for noticing this commercial on TV.
In the 60-second piece, GE highlights how their advisors...
Notes from Day 1 of the #LeanStartup Conference 2013
It was an amazing first day of the Lean Startup conference yesterday in San Francisco. Videos will be available online soon, but for now...
Parallels and Learning Between Aircraft Engine MRO and Human Healthcare
My wife is a leader in a business (not GE) that does aircraft engine "MRO" work - maintenance, repair, and overhaul. I've been able...
Lean & the “Work-Out” Process in Healthcare – Success, My Questions,...
In the past few years, I've heard of the "Work-Out" process that has origins at GE. This consultant's website gives a good overview and...
Weekend Fun: 30 Rock Mocks GE’s Manufacturing Reshoring
One of the things I love about the NBC show "30 Rock" is the way is skewers GE culture (such as its past mocking...
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...
30 Rock: Jack Donaghy is a “Six Sigma Black Belt Ultra”...
Absolutely hilarious... last Thursday's "30 Rock" features Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) talking about how he's a:
"Six Sigma Black Belt Ultra... with the groin branding...
G.E. Rediscovers the Value in Providing Real Value to Manufacturing Customers
I'll apologize if today's post seems off-topic to my healthcare readers, but I have to share a link to a Sunday New York Times...
Tampa Bay Business Journal Features Lean at Moffitt Cancer Center
The full article requires a subscription, but John Toussaint and I were each quoted in this article from last Friday: "Toyota techniques drive profit,...
My Interview with Justin Holland, of GE Healthcare
Today's post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare Americas. Before joining GE, he was most...
Of 777s and Heart Rate Monitors
In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew Resource Management," as written about in...
