Tag: Mistake-Proofing
Mistake Proofing the Home Alarm System
As I've mentioned, my wife and I are in the process of moving from suburban Fort Worth to San Antonio. As we have potential...
Lean in Your Life – Preventing Health Problems with Technology
Continuing this first week of the year's theme of using Lean principles to improve our lives, I'm going to write about two pieces of...
World Series Defect: Wrong Pitcher
People in healthcare know that miscommunications are a major cause of errors and patient harm. There was a strange footnote to game 5 of...
Everyday Lean: Error Proofing Sidewalk Grates (photo by @karenmartinopex)
Thanks to my friend and fellow author Karen Martin for taking this picture while in Calgary. Even if you don't wear high heeled shoes,...
Quitting a Software Application: Safari vs. Chrome & Error Proofing
The two primary web browsers I use these days on my Mac are Safari and Chrome. I've always been a big user of keyboard...
Dear “Lean Six Sigma” Crowd – Lean is About Quality, Too
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...
Kaizen at a Wine Bar – “Lazy” or Smart?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." - Robert Heinlein, American science...
The Real Message Behind Funny Hospital Signs: Tackling Root Causes for...
After a week of serious topics and sometimes pointed discussion, let's end with a funny sign... well wait, there's a serious story behind this...
As Seen on TV: Random Lean Terms in Commercials
On a recent Sunday morning, I was watching cable news channels and two different commercials had a word jump out at me, words that...
Questions about and Lessons from a Steering Wheel Falling Off
In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in an Ohio-built Chevrolet (don't call...
Smart Error-Proofing in Fast Food: How In-N-Out Outsmarts Quiznos with Simple...
I was in L.A. on Tuesday, and I had a little extra time on my way to the Burbank airport, which meant a rare...
Blog Post About Preventable Errors Felled by Preventable Error
So Monday's blog post was about preventable medical errors - namely errors involving pharmacies giving the wrong meds or wrong doses to patients. That's...
