Tag: Waste

Come back Thursday, July 21 for my new Podcast with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, where we talk about his work to improve...

Podcaster Cali Lewis (a fellow DFW-area Texan) hosts a show called GeekBeat.tv, where she normally highlights new consumer tech gadgets and nerdy robots from...

As I'm going through revisions of my book, Lean Hospitals, a theme jumps out at me in Chapter 2.... it's all about trust. The first...

Toyota has produced a series of videos that show how their innovations, technology and otherwise, have benefitted people outside of automobiles. One video that caught...

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...

As I blogged about on Friday, I was back at my alma mater, Northwestern, for a football game this weekend-- well, actually, I was...

Hospitals are full of workarounds and fire fighting, it's a pretty common problem. That's one reason cost is so high and quality is often...

Last week, I gave the keynote talk at a hospital's twice-yearly lean conference for leaders and staff. As part of the seasonal decorations around...

I'd like to welcome a new sponsor to my blog, LeanPosters.com. You'll find their ad in the right hand column... As is the case with...

Following up the DirecTV service call that I blogged about this morning, there was some clear, obvious waste that could have been avoided through...

Hat tip to Helen Z. for finding this full-page print ad in the New York Times. The full ad appears below in this post,...

Mark's note: The vacation guest posts continue with a piece by a long-time friend of my blog, Matt Wrye. He's a frequent commenter and...