Tag: Respect for People

In the past week, I found two articles about hospitals that are engaging staff members through suggestion programs.  Employee suggestions are a core part...

amednews: Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown :: Nov. 16, 2009 ... American Medical News One of the two pillars of...

I saw this quote on Twitter from the pastor Rick Warren (happens to fit in the 140 characters): "Love isn't letting people do whatever they...

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: scientific management in the operating room I sprung $20 for this healthcare journal article about the Gilbreths, thought I'd share a...

Will the Real Lean Production Please Stand Up? | Labor Notes Yesterday, I blogged about how a nurses' union in Canada was supporting the province's...

by Dan Markovitz I took this picture of a UPS truck recently in NYC. (The orange signs say "SAFETY.") At first I thought, "Great! UPS...

Housekeepers' Giant "Hope Quilt" Puts Hotel Job Injuries in Spotlight | Labor Notes Articles like this are incredibly frustrating to see. It makes me think...

Calif. to get dose of auto anguish | Detroit Free Press | Freep.comHere's a recent story about the demise of NUMMI, in which, the...

What top-performing EDs do - Hospitals & Health Networks I was really, Really, REALLY puzzled by the first line in this article, that read: "Lean, Six...

There are lots of comments online, blogs, and Twitter about people complaining that Lean at Starbucks is an attempt to turn people into robots. Again,...

By Andy Wagner: The New York Times recently published an essay by Matthew Crawford, based on his new book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry...

Last week, I blogged about an episode where bad news wasn't flowing up in Boeing (or, it's part of a pattern). In my Sunday morning...