Dr. Frank Jobe and Kaizen Thinking for Tommy John Surgery TAGS: act | adjust | blitz | consulting | do | dodgers | frank jobe | graft | injury | kaizen | lean | los angeles | orthopedic | pdsa | plan | sandy koufax | study | surgeon | surgery | tommy john | ucl | ulnar collateral ligament Last week Dr. Frank Jobe, the orthopedic surgeon who pioneered the “Tommy John surgery” that has revived and extended the careers for hundreds of MLB pitchers and athletes in other …Continue reading →

The Super Bowl Public Transit Gaffe TAGS: blitz | bruno mars | bus | business operations | consulting | deadspin | disaster | eric grubman | lean | new york | nfl | pdsa | public | subway | super bowl | transit | transportation One of the big issues with New York hosting the Super Bowl was the intense security and limited access to the stadium grounds (no cars allowed, can’t walk to the …Continue reading →

How Peyton Manning Demonstrates PDSA TAGS: blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | denver broncos | lean | operations | pdca | pdsa | peyton manning | plan do study act | plan do study adjust | process | seattle seahawks | sports | sunday | super bowl Plan-Do-Study-Adjust (or Act) is a simple cyclical continuous improvement tool that we all use every day but don’t often realize it. Properly applied, PDSA helps us properly define a problem …Continue reading →

Why Players Hate The New NBA Jerseys With Sleeves TAGS: anger | basketball | blitz | consistent | consulting | continuous improvement | deployment | hate | jersey | jerseys | kaizen | lean | nba | pdca | pdsa | pilot | shirt | sleeves | sports | standardized | style | thinking The NBA unveiled new player jerseys with sleeves in advance of their Christmas day slate of games, where the jerseys would be used for the first time. Even before the …Continue reading →

Defective Voting Machines During 2012 Election TAGS: 2012 | barack | blitz | broken | consulting | defect | election | error | lean | machine | mitt | obama | operations | pdca | pdsa | poll | president | process | romney | six sigma | sports | technology | touch screen | vote | voting | waste Yesterday a video was posted online of someone trying to use the electronic voting booth machine with some potential unintended consequences. Defective voting machines!! That could be a big problem. …Continue reading →

Politics and (the Lack of) Root Cause Analysis TAGS: 2012 | ad hominem | agenda | analyze | answer | answers | barack | belief | birth certificate | campaign | candidate | change | conservative | continuous | control | credibility | deficit | define | definition | democrat | dmaic | election | fallacy | fiscal | five whys | foundation | government | identify | implementation | improve | improvement | lean blitz consulting | liberal | measure | mitt | nominee | obama | operations | optimization | pdsa | plan do study adjust | platform | policy | politics | president | problem | process | public | republican | romney | root cause analysis | service | six sigma | slogan | social | sports | tax return As a continuous improvement practitioner, I have a significant disdain for politics. By politics, in this case I’m referring to the democratic elections and campaigning by individuals running for public …Continue reading →

Entries from the Lean Memes Contest TAGS: 5 whys | 5S | aliya mustafina | allie brosh | approach | asian father | bad | batman | but we've always done it this way | catch careers | cheezburger | christina kach | consulting | contest | continuous improvement | cousin | creepy little girl | dating site | detect | eel | employee | execution | first world problems | five whys | fonzie | graban | gymnast | half | happy cat | high expectations | hyperbole | improvement | jidoka | kaizen event | key | koala | lame joke | lame pun raccoon | lean | lean blitz | leanblog | leanmemes | manufacturing lines | mark | meme | memegenerator | memes | moa | moar | murderer | olympics | operations | overly attached girlfriend | pdca | pdsa | phone | plan do check act | plan do study adjust | point of use storage | poka-yoke | priest | priorities | process | quickmeme | root cause analysis | safety | set in order | seven | shine | shotgun approach | signal | six sigma | sort | soviet russia | suggestion box | utility belt | value stream management Lean consultant, author, and notable public speaker Mark Graban of LeanBlog.org has started a web collection of Lean-related memes at Lean Memes. He’s hosting a contest for his readers to …Continue reading →

College Football Rule Changes and PDSA TAGS: alabama | ambiguous | analysis | behavior | college | consulting | cupcake | defense | defensive end | division ii | division iii | effects | failure | fbs | feedback | field | fmea | football | football bowl subdivision | football championship subdivision | force | gray area | helmet | hit | james madison | lean | lean blitz | mack brown | maximize | mode | modify | ncaa | nick saban | northwestern | off | offense | oklahoma state | operations | opposition | pdca | pdsa | plan do check act | plan do study act | pop | preseason | process | rip | rule | running back | safety | savannah state | six sigma | sports | texas | trial and error Recently I wrote about the lack of PDCA – the continuous improvement framework of Plan-Do-Check-Act – and how it affects college football teams because they don’t have the luxury of …Continue reading →