Tag: Respect for People
Guest Post: What Makes a Successful Lean Environment?
Mark's note: Today's post is from a relatively new friend of my blog, introduced initially through our mutual friend, Jamie Flinchbaugh. Ankit Patel, today's...
Guest Post: 7 Lean Ideas For Lawyers
Mark's note: Today's vacation guest post is from D. Mark Jackson, a lawyer who has been studying and embracing Lean principles in a California...
Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad
If you've been anywhere near a TV lately, you've probably heard and seen this hypnotizing "What is iPad?" commercial (YouTube link). The announcer breathlessly...
Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Conference, Part 2 – His...
Last week, I published Part 1 of my notes about a breakfast talk by Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Prize Conference.
https://www.leanblog.org/2010/05/notes-from-dr-brent-james-at-the-shingo-prize-part-1/
One of the...
Lean Blog Podcast #91 – Interview with Dr. Stephen Covey on...
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Episode #91 is a very special one-on-one conversation that I had with Dr. Stephen Covey, recorded at the Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake...
Guest Post: Deming, Lean, and Healthcare Transformation
Mark's note: I'm happy to welcome a relatively new friend, Mike Stoecklein, as a guest author here on my Lean Blog. We have shared...
Retaining Employees through Respect and Development
I was recently in Toronto and I heard a story on an AM news station that really caught my ear. I have searched on...
Lucian Leape Loathes Lean or “L.A.M.E.”?
Noted patient safety expert Dr. Lucian Leape spoke out recently about medical school culture being a root cause of poor quality (see my blog...
How the Gold Medal Puck Was Almost Lost
As an American, and a Red Wings fan, it pains me, in a way, to write about Sidney Crosby and the Canadian team's overtime...
How “Training With Industry” Helped in This Hospital Laboratory
On Friday, I co-presented at the Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare Division conference in Atlanta. It was the first time this was...
Familiar Voices and New Voices on Lean
You heard enough from me yesterday... today I want to share some other voices with you and their thoughts on Lean. First, familiar voices...
L.A.M.E. as Heard on NPR?
Oh no, it seems like a L.A.M.E. ("Lean As Misguidedly Executed") story on NPR's All Things Considered program. No wonder some people hate the...
