Lean Blog Audio — Inc. Writes About Dr. Deming in 1987
I stumbled across an article from the Inc. magazine archives from 1987, so it’s today’s “Throwback Thursday.”In 1987, I was starting high school and that was probably right about the …
Lean Blog Audio — Updating “Lean Hospitals” and a New eBook, “Practicing Lean”
Mark Graban talks about the revised 3rd edition of “Lean Hospitals” and a new eBook project called “Practicing Lean.” — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support
Lean Blog Audio — So-Called “Just in Time” Retail Staff Scheduling is not #Lean
Stories like this have been in the news before, but this was circulating the past few days: “Why erratic schedules are one of the worst parts of low-wage work.”The story …
Lean Blog Audio — Using Lean to Organize Hospital Closets…
http://leanblog.org/audio86 I saw this story when it originally appeared online as part of a local public radio station in California. It was now picked up nationally by NPR and a …
Lean Blog Audio — A Hospital Manager Makes Time for Kaizen
How do you MAKE time for continuous improvement?It’s been a little while, but here’s a new video about Kaizen and continuous improvement from our friends at Franciscan St. Francis Health …
Lean Blog Audio — When Warnings Aren’t Given or Heeded,
The Problem With Underreporting Problems, When Warnings Aren’t Heeded in Aerospace, When Warnings Aren’t Heeded in Aerospace, When Warnings or Concerns Aren’t Shared in Healthcare http://leanblog.org/audio84 — Support this podcast: …
Lean Blog Audio — “Practice? We’re Talking About Practice?” Yes, Practicing Lean
Allen Iverson was a legendary NBA point guard and scorer who played from 1996 to 2011.In a 2002 news conference that still appears regularly on ESPN, Iverson responded to criticism …
Lean Blog Audio — Let’s Play Match Game ’15 – Suggestion Box Edition
I guess this counts as a “Flashback Friday,” as I was reminded of an old game show that I loved as a kid: Match Game. I was too young to …
Lean Blog Audio — How My Blog Rant Helped Keep an Office 5S
http://leanblog.org/audio81 Lean is not about banning bananas from people’s desks or banning sweaters hanging on chairs.We should be solving problems that matter, for customers and employees, through Lean. We should …
Lean Blog Audio — Moving from “Visuals” to “Visual Management”
http://leanblog.org/audio80 Here’s the Key to Visual Management:To me, the core of visual management is captured in this statement from Fujio Cho, now the honorary chairman of Toyota: “Know normal from …