Tag: Office
#TBT: Kaizen Upon Kaizen in Meeting Scheduling (and a New Kaizen...
Kaizen is an incremental approach to problem solving and continuous improvement. We don't need to put pressure on ourselves to make things perfect... we can focus on "a little better, every day."
Podcast #248 – Drew Locher, Lean Office to Lean Enterprise
Joining me for episode #248 of the podcast is Drew Locher, an author, consultant, speaker, and, also like me, a faculty member for the Lean...
Guest Post: Is Your Organization Practicing “Unlean Lean”?
Mark's note: Today's post is something that Drew Locher originally published in his email newsletter (sign up here), but he's allowing me to post it...
More “Lean Office” Silliness From a Friend’s Company
An old friend of mine (whose name and company remains confidential) recently saw me reference an old blog post on Facebook. I had posted...
Dan Markovitz, the Author of ‘A Factory of One’ on the...
Our guest for episode #135 is Dan Markovitz, author of the new book A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and...
Real-Time Office Kaizen With the Help of Twitter; Practicing What I...
As I've been working on my upcoming second book, Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements, I've had "kaizen" (or continuous improvement) on the...
More Weekend Fun: Video Proof that Dwight Schrute is NOT a...
Following up on yesterday's found parody of the show The Office... As if we needed any proof that Dwight K. Schrute is NOT a...
Misguided ‘Office Lean’: How Bad 5S Practices Give Lean a Bad...
A few weeks back, the British media was having a field day with reports of and complaints about what sounds like a horribly misguided...