Royals Fan Sues Team After Hot Dog Injury TAGS: baseball | blitz | blue jackets | Brittanie Cecil | columbus | consulting | continuous improvement | death | error-proof | hierarchy | hot dog | kansas city royals | lawsuit | lean | legal | mascot | nets | nhl | operations | poka-yoke | process | safety | six sigma | sluggerrr | sports | stadium This past season a fan attending a Kansas City Royals baseball game was injured by a hot dog thrown at him by the Royals mascot Sluggerrr. Now he is suing …Continue reading →

Seth Godin, Lean Thinker TAGS: blog | cell phones | consulting | defect | error-proof | godin | kodak | lean | lean blitz | polaroid | process | purple cow | quality | scuff | seth | seth godin | shoes I concede that I am one of the world’s biggest fans of Seth Godin’s work. For those of you who don’t know, Seth is more than just a marketing and …Continue reading →

What The Gym Can Teach Us About Lean TAGS: 5S | activity | arnold | beef | beyond lean | consulting | dumbbells | error-proof | fat | gold's gym | gym | indicators | labels | lean | lean blitz | matt wrye | michael jordan | muscle | policy | Schwarzenegger | set in order | sports | visual | waste Lean muscle. Lean meat. Lean production. Surely they have a lot in common, yes? I get asked all the time what it means to be Lean. It astounds me that …Continue reading →

Daytona International Speedway and “Our Safety Protocols Worked” TAGS: car | consulting | crash | daytona | emergency | error-proof | fence | incident | joie chitwood | kyle larson | lean blitz | nascar | nationwide | officials | operations | preventive | process | protocols | race | racing | reactive | safety | sports Yesterday’s Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway was marred by a final lap pileup of cars sprinting to the finish line. One of those cars, driven by #34 Kyle …Continue reading →

Lean Memes Contest Update + ASQ’s Lean Handbook TAGS: adam savage | ame | american society for quality | asq | black belt | body of knowledge | bronze | busted | certification | consulting | continuous improvement | cost reductions | efficiency | error-proof | fact-check | green belt | guide | implementation | jamie hyneman | lean blitz | lean handbook | lean meme | leanblog | mark graban | mythbusters | operations | process | shingo prize | six sigma | sme | sports Last week was the conclusion of the Lean Memes contest organized by Mark Graban at LeanBlog.org. Many great contributions were submitted by many Lean practitioners/amateur comedians (finger pointing squarely at …Continue reading →