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Weekend Fun: An Example of Poor Problem Solving
Here’s a funny ESPN commercial featuring golfer Rickie Fowler. Fowler is pouring coffee, yet he makes some bad assumptions about which coffee is decaf and about the “milk” being bad (compounded by the...
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Parody Video – Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together
I was thinking yesterday about the “Lean for Knowledge Work” seminars I’m doing with Jim Benson and I was thinking that Kaizen and “Personal Kanban” are such a good combination, it’s like the old...
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Weekend Fun: Skinny Cow Handling
And, now to the lighter side of Lean for the weekend. Hat tip to my friend and author Naida Grunden for pointing out this funny news story… apparently the State of Washington has to translate their web...
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Weird Al’s Hilarious “Mission Statement” Song & Video Mocks Corporate Buzzwords
“Weird Al” Yanokvic skewers corporate buzzwords in this new song and music video. He also skewers the now-tired “hand writing on a white board” style of corporate videos, which I think is even more...
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The Worst Root Cause Problem Solver in the Animal World Is… Who?
We all know the beaver is “the engineer of the animal kingdom.” That’s why MIT has a beaver as a mascot… it’s an engineer who likes to build things and is generally nocturnal, an apt description of MIT...
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The One Where a Dog Reviews the Strategy Deployment Metrics Wall
I’ve had some cartoons on the blog before, including a few “Doofus & Leanies.” I can’t draw at all, believe me (although I sometimes do my own simple digital graphics). I’ve been fortunate to...
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Why Lunch Can Be Annoying at the Sensei Cafe
Last week, I published my first cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist (and medical assistant), Carrie Howarth. You might call that cartoon “Strategy Dog-ployment.” None of us expect this to be a...
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Funny Video about Lack of Labeling… or is it Lack of Training?
This commercial made me chuckle as somebody who has bought and used a lot of Brother label makers. The video is meant to comically show the ill effects of a lack of labeling in a circus A/V control...
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Audio Parody –“Lean Serial”
My wife and I were late to the wildly popular podcast “Serial,” but we listened to the first six episodes while traveling over the holidays. I ran hot and cold on the serialized non-fiction story about...
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Cartoon: The Workplace “Brain Check Station”
Here’s my latest cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist (and medical assistant), Carrie Howarth. You can see the whole series via this link. How many organizations ask their employees to check...
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PG-Rated Parody: 50 Shades of Lean
A few years ago when the racy book 50 Shades of Grey was popular, I created a few parody images. I never published them, probably because the book was fairly controversial. But, now that the movie...
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New #Lean & #Lean Startup Candy Hearts for Valentine’s Day – #LeanValentine
Ok, for those of you who maybe find “50 Shades of Lean” to be a bit too racy, here are some sweet “candy hearts” for Valentine’s Day… Lean and Lean Startup Edition. Create your own hearts here and...
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That Medication Cabinet is Secure… Or Secure-ish
I was on a long flight the other day and I watched an episode of the ABC comedy Black-ish. In episode 3 of the first season, the mother of the family, named Rainbow (her parents were hippies), is...
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Parody Video: Keith Olber-Lean and the “Worst Persons in the Lean World.”
In this post, I’ll be presenting a parody video of Keith Olbermann‘s “worst persons in the sports world” videos. I don’t know how much overlap there is in people who read my blog and people who are...
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The Lean Force Awakens: Star Wars Memes & A Gemba Walk with Yoda
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on Thursday. I’m not the world’s most avid fan of the Star Wars series, although I grew up with the toys. I remember seeing The Empire Strikes Back in a theatre, but...
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CUBS Win! Chicago Hospital Implements First Staff-Driven Improvement in 108...
Snapping a historic 108-year drought, a small hospital, Chicago Community Use Bariatric Health Services (CUBS), implemented their first employee-driven improvement idea Wednesday night, breaking a long...
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Coming Soon – 4th Revised Edition of “Lean Hospitals”
It's time for another new, revised edition of my book! The 4th edition is the fastest new edition yet, since the world is changing quickly and increasingly uncertain. Hospitals need to react now! Do...
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Guest Post: An Exciting Innovation and MVP – The “Uber Sensei” App
Dr. Les Muda here... I’ve been working Uber to help them to disrupt another stale industry… not just taxi drivers, but Lean Sensei (or is it “senseis?”). Check out my planned app. Continue reading...
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[Cartoon] Money to Burn / Dumpster Fire Fighting in Healthcare
We don't have money for improvement initiatives, but we do have money to burn on a daily basis due to poor quality and bad systems? Continue reading [Cartoon] Money to Burn / Dumpster Fire Fighting in...
View ArticleThe Lean Force Awakens: Star Wars Memes & A Gemba Walk with Yoda
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on Thursday. I'm not the world's most avid fan of the Star Wars series, although I grew up with the toys. I remember seeing The Empire Strikes Back in a theatre, but...
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