Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post is from Dan Feliciano (@DanFeliciano on Twitter), a lean six sigma professional and former candidate for Governor of Vermont. I recently attended the IQPC’s 12th Annual Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit in Orlando.…
Absolutely hilarious… last Thursday’s “30 Rock” features Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) talking about how he’s a: “Six Sigma Black Belt Ultra… with the groin branding to prove it.” To which, the new boss from their new owner Kabletown asks, “What’s…
I’ll apologize if today’s post seems off-topic to my healthcare readers, but I have to share a link to a Sunday New York Times article about General Electric (“G.E. Goes With What It Knows: Making Stuff“). After being seduced by…
I had a good long chat with a former client (from my J&J days) the other day. I call him “The Synthesizer,” and no he’s not an electronic keyboard. We’re working together on a business journal article about their Lean…
I don’t often do a “cranky blog post,” but I’ve got a head cold (as I write this on 9/30) and I’ve gotten sucked into watching some free online “lean healthcare white belt” training that just makes me want to…
Back in July, e-Patient Dave deBronkart noticed an article in the Health Leaders publication called “Taking On the Cost Drivers.” It inspired him to reach out to me and Alice Lee, from Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to write…
Generally, with the term “lean,” it’s easy for people to leap to a conclusion that Lean equals layoffs. This is often the fear in healthcare when Lean consultants are involved, especially since consultants usually equals cost cutting in healthcare, which…
Today’s post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare Americas. Before joining GE, he was most recently Vice President of Business Performance at Cleveland Clinic. In this interview we cover topics including…
I guess I have a burr in my saddle this week, being Independence Day and all, since I’m commenting on something from the UK again today. I don’t mean to come across as anti-Brit, as I love the UK. I…
Mark’s note: Today, I’m happy to welcome back an old Lean Blog contributor, Andy Wagner. He takes a more personal turn here than most of my guest bloggers for the next two weeks, writing about the application of Lean thinking…
I wanted to share a few tidbits from one of my lean recruiter friends – Tim Noble of The Avery Point Group. First off is his annual study of the market for lean and six sigma jobs, this year titled…
My blog saw a spike in traffic again this week–likely driven by people searching for “30 Rock Jack Welch” following his unforgettable appearance on the show. Many are finding an old post I wrote back in 2006. So I thought…
