Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive

Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive

This is part of an ongoing series of organizational and personal improvement book reviews. If you have read the book already, use this as a reminder of key lessons. If you have not read the book and are looking to learn and grow as a leader, this summary will share the basics. Smarter Faster Better: […]

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The Achievement Habit

The Achievement Habit

Lean East summarizes The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life by Bernard Roth.

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Ready…Fire!…Aim

Ready…Fire!…Aim

Lean East explains why it is best to take action and experiment right away using the PDCA process. Learn from your trial and re-aim based on the result.

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Problem Solving to Root Cause

Problem Solving to Root Cause

While facilitating an improvement project for a hospital’s surgical department recently, our team was presented with a clear opportunity for improvement. Recent data logged during a long day of procedures included three separate surgical cases where the patient’s discharge paperwork was incorrect. These three errors were all caught by the surgeon before the patient was […]

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