Tag: Mistake-Proofing

Mastering Mistake-Proofing: Insights from Toyota’s Poka Yoke Approach

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This post is built around excerpts from the book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. Read more about Toyota,...

The Plimsoll Line: Mistake Proofing the Overloading of Ships

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tl;dr: In this post, Mark explores the concept of the Plimsoll Line as a form of mistake-proofing in the maritime industry. He delves into...

A Near Miss with Amazon’s Publishing Platform – Save Draft or...

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My new book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, is still only in a draft state before final...

In Memoriam: Ritsuo Shingo, Former Toyota Executive and Lean Teacher

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I am saddened to hear of the death of Ritsuo Shingo (1947-2023), as announced by the Shingo Institute. He was the son of Shigeo...

Mistake-Proofing: The Gas Station Pump Wouldn’t Let Me Forget My Credit...

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Chapter 4 in my book The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation is about preventing mistakes -- mistake-proofing. In the...

Beyond Discipline: You Can’t Punish Your Way to Perfection

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For a long time, it's bothered me that organizations typically react to a mistake with punishment. This is even more annoying when the phrase...

Professor John Grout, A Deep Dive On Mistake Proofing And Lean

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My guest for Episode #462 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Professor John Grout, the former dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College...

Mistake Proofing Expert John Grout’s Favorite Mistake and How to Prevent...

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This week's episode of the My Favorite Mistake podcast has a guest and a conversation that will be very directly relevant to you as...

How These Credit Card Websites Illustrate Lean Mistake Proofing (or Not)

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This is an article that I originally published on LinkedIn back in 2015. Has the error proofing been improved since then, between credit card...

The Need to Error Proof Medication Vials, Including COVID Vaccines

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I've given a few presentations about Lean and mass vaccination clinics, based on my visits (as a guest observer / learner and as somebody...

Why Did Some Patients Get Injected With 5X the Pfizer Covid...

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Before I get into this post, I want to also point you to another post that I wrote for the Value Capture blog: Salem Health...

Blaming “Human Error” Isn’t an Excuse for Wasting 500 Doses of...

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During this "let's try to get people vaccinated" phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost every article that I've seen about the vaccine and its...