Tag: LAME

You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting new recycling bins. I've created a new video that shows what a "bad office 5S" scene might look like... something that's "L.A.M.E." not Lean.

I'm in Las Vegas, speaking today to close the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event. There are many great speakers, including Dr. Richard Shannon, Dr. David...

Mark's Note: Today is another excellent post by Christina Kach. She touches on many of the misunderstandings of miscommunications about Lean in this post...

It's been nice to see the "lean design" approach taking hold in healthcare over the past few years. I think the first book on...

I saw the following in a submission for a session at the 2012 Society for Health Systems conference, where I'm the Lean track chair. One...

First off, I'm not trying to dredge up a "Lean vs. Six Sigma" battle here. I'm not "anti-Six Sigma." I'm not a huge proponent...

One of the variations of my acronym L.A.M.E. is "Lean As Misguidedly Explained," and I recently ran across two fresh instances of this (and,...

Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

Is oatmeal good for you? It generally is.... well, unless it isn't. Oatmeal can lower your cholesterol, is full of whole grains, and on...

Just before the new year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured the Lean efforts at Barnes-Jewish Hospital ("St. Louis hospital among handful using efficiency to...

There's a long-standing argument that I've been dragged into with a group that calls itself "new systems thinkers." They loudly criticize Lean as being...

The last two days, I've been facilitating my LEI workshop called "Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare." We had a great group and had a...