http://leanblog.org/audio143 I’ve written before about the subject of hospitals “flexing” nurses and employees. I’ve criticized flexing (or the practice of sending employees home early because patient census is low) and …
Episode #251 is a bit different in that it’s audio shared by the good folks at Lean Frontiers. They recently hosted a webinar where Jim Huntzinger, founder and president of Lean Frontiers asked questions that answered by Russ Scaffede about Lean leadersh…
http://leanblog.org/audio142 You might remember the hubbub (and my earlier blog post) about this article that somehow appeared in the NEJM: “Medical Taylorism.”It’s sad and frustrating that people so often talk …
As is often the case, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about. This slows down my Mac (thanks, Chrome!).So, …
Episode #250… a big round number. 250 podcasts in just under 10 years. Thanks again to Norman Bodek (my first guest and frequent guest) for the idea back in 2006. My goal with the podcasts has always been to showcase my guests. Occasionally, I take the…
I’m always happy to see success stories where healthcare organizations solve problems that matter through Lean concepts, practices, and principles. Today, I’m blogging about two articles I saw about this …
http://leanblog.org/audio139 In the previous editions of my book Lean Hospitals, I’ve included case examples from Avera McKennan Hospital and Avera Health. Fred Slunecka is the former president of Avera McKennan …
After the previous CEO of JC Penney, Ron Johnson, was fired (see my post “Lack of PDSA made JCP CEO SOL?”), it seems that new CEO Marvin Ellison might be …
My guest for episode #249 of the podcast is Steve Leuschel, author of the book Lean Culture Change: Using a Daily Management System. You might remember a post from January that included an excerpt from his book on “huddles.” In this episode, we discuss t…
The revised, updated, and expanded third edition of my book Lean Hospitals has been sent to the printer and copies should start shipping by mid June.I’m happy to now be …
