Tag: Standardized Work
My Essay in Naida Grunden’s New Book on Lean Design –...
I'm in Las Vegas, speaking today to close the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event. There are many great speakers, including Dr. Richard Shannon, Dr. David...
Standardized, but Not Identical – College Basketballs
As the main days of the men's NCAA basketball tourney ("March Madness") start Thursday, here's a topic that might make for fun Lean discussion...
Failure to Follow Process Leads to NL MVP’s Suspension Being Overturned
This is a hot sports news story today, as I woke up to hear ESPN's "Mike and Mike" talking about Milwaukee Brewers slugger (and...
ThedaCare’s “Business Performance System” – and a 10% Target
One of the most powerful thoughts in the book On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry (by John Toussaint...
A Lean Guy Watches Moneyball
When it first came out, I was a big fan of Michael Lewis' book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game about the Oakland...
An Inc. “Best Small Company Workplace” & Their Lean Culture
As I was cleaning out a pile of stuff in my office, I found an unread issue of Inc. magazine from June 2011. One...
Video Podcast #17 – Lean Blog Q&A: Standardized Work
Not long ago, I asked readers for questions that could be addressed in audio or video podcasts.
I received this question that I'm addressing in...
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...
Case Study: Standardization of Anesthesia Carts Across Multiple Sites
Today's post is a case study submitted by Abdul N. Mansour, Director Lean & Process Improvement at Scottsdale (AZ) Healthcare. The material here and...
Dr. Gawande’s Commencement Address: Cowboys or Pit Crews?
Most (all?) of us here did NOT graduate from Harvard Medical School last week. But, we all can read the commencement address that was...
Guest Post: Misuse of Rules and Rewards
As Mark Graban stated in a recent post, "People fear or assume that a factory is...mindless, monotonous, repetitive..." These sentiments may come from observation...
Guest Post: What is “Yokoten?”
Mark's Note: Today's post is from Al Norval, with the firm Lean Pathways, Inc.
In the Lean world, we hear all kinds of Japanese...
