Monthly Archives: June 2008
The Force Behind Star Wars: Turning Design Ideas into Reality
Star Wars is my favorite movie series of all time. Stephen at Poetpainter.com created this slideshow which taps into the making of the film and all of the inspiration behind it. It is fascinating, check it out! The slideshow also … Continue reading
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Tim Ferriss – Profitability & Pareto
Tim Ferriss wrote a great piece called The Margin Manifesto: 11 Tenets for Reaching (or Doubling) Profitability in 3 Months. His suggestion to use the Pareto 80/20 rule for “Hyperactivity vs Productivity” is right on the money. His comment about all … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care, Improve With Lean, Productivity
A great presenter RIP – George Carlin
Rowan Manahan made a post that I missed hearing on the news. George Carlin, comedian and hilarious thinker, died from a heart attack. Rowan’s A great presenter RIP has some great comments and a You Tube clip of Carlin’s famous STUFF bit. I … Continue reading
Funny Rickrolling Muppets
I sometimes like to use this blog just to share oddball things I find amusing. This video cracked me up. This is a fun introduction to the internet meme Rickrolling. Subscribe to Pass The Buck via: RSS | Google Reader more about … Continue reading
Last Week’s Event
The team did an outstanding job last week. A couple of their targets were to increase on-time starts for lab draws in the cancer clinic and create visual systems to see demand. They met their targets and really caught the … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care, Improve With Lean
Deming’s Golden Rules
Mark Graban at leanblog recently posted DEMING’S GOLDEN RULES. There are great principles and it is nice to read more about Deming. I have read about him in relation to Lean and PDCA but have not delved to much more … Continue reading
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Slow post due to workshop week
This will be a slow week for posts because I am in an improvement workshop. I will post next week with the results. Subscribe to Pass The Buck via: RSS | Google Reader
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Value Stream Assignment
I am excited to be assigned to a value stream. I have been learning our standard work as internal consultants at my hospital for the last few months and have just received my value stream assignment. I will now be … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care, Improve With Lean
Effective vs Efficient
I think Lean practitioners should replace the word EFFICIENT with EFFECTIVE. This thought has been ruminating in my mind since reading Timothy Ferriss “The 4-Hour Workweek“. The book explains how you do not want to spend your time being efficient on tasks that … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Health Care, Improve With Lean, Learn Leadership, Productivity
Seyi Oyesola: Rich hospital, poor hospital
This TED video made me reflect on the how much Lean is needed in hospitals around the world. When we consider the challenges in our US hospitals, think about some of the images you see in the Nigerian hospital. Subscribe to Pass … Continue reading
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