Lean Blog Audio — Food for Thought on Mistakes and Perfection
“Making mistakes is better than faking perfection.”I saw this quote the other day and tweeted it. It seemed like food for thought and something to reflect on for a new …
Lean Blog Audio — Examples of Corporate Speak Masking Reality
http://www.leanblog.org/audio165 I get annoyed by corporate euphemisms, such as referring to people as “resources,” the term “right-sizing” for layoffs, and the type of jargon and babble parodied in the Weird …
Lean Blog Audio — Bringing Me Problems is OK, We’ll Find Solutions Together
It’s a bit of a modern management cliché to say “Don’t bring problems! Bring me solutions!” I think what that means is “Don’t just complain! Think about improving things!” It’s …
Lean Blog Audio — #TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it’s still online:”Keen to Be Lean” The sub headline talks about hospitals being “desperate to cut costs.” Has that changed? …
Lean Blog Audio — Human Nature Around Incentives & Rewards
http://www.leanblog.org/audio162 Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to warn against replacing intrinsic motivation with extrinsic rewards and incentives.Brian Joiner (author of Fourth Generation Management), who worked with Deming, warned that setting …
Lean Blog Audio — “The reign of the king-leader is gone” at GM?
I was happy to see an engineer (Chemical Engineering) and a General Motors leader, Alicia Boler Davis, on the cover of the Northwestern University alumni magazine.See this profile and story: …
Lean Blog Audio — Lean People Don’t Say Things Like “Idiot Proofing”
In the Lean approach, we don’t call people idiots or dummies. We don’t say, or shouldn’t say, things like “idiot proofing” or “dummy proofing.”There’s an old Toyota story about how …
Lean Blog Audio — In My Global Lean Healthcare Travels,
http://www.leanblog.org/audio159 I do a lot of work across the U.S., but I’ve also been very fortunate to work with hospitals, clinics, and health systems around the world over the past …
Lean Blog Audio — ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner to Retire; What’s Next for ThedaCare?
A few weeks ago, I saw this announcement about Dean Gruner, MD, the second CEO to lead ThedaCare during their Lean journey:Dr. Dean Gruner, ThedaCare President and CEO, Announces Retirement …
Lean Blog Audio — Good News: UCSF to Teach #Lean to Residents
I was happy to see this announcement the other day:UCSF to Train Residents in Lean Management and Process Improvement From the announcement: “UC San Francisco will train medical residents and …