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Continuing the“Throwback Thursday” theme for the 10th anniversary of my blog, today’s post looks back at and builds upon one of my favorites from 2007. The post is a “GM War Story” from 1995 when I was just starting my career: “GM Got Gamed (Or, How to Fudge Your Production Numbers)” You can hearthat in episode 1 of this podcast - http://www.leanblog.org/audio1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

It seems to me that a strategy deployment process can be described as a series of hypotheses that are tested over time. Strategy deployment is a high-level annual PDSA cycle that contains embedded PDSA cycles of analysis, improvement, measurement, and adjustment. http://leanblog.org/audio7 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A post from 1/13/15. Why are healthcare professionals afraid to speak up, in military medicine or other settings? http://leanblog.org/audio6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A post from 1/12/15, looking at how the two teams in the College Football Playoff championship game are doing some things differently than the way things have always been done. http://leanblog.org/audio5 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

A post from 2007... I was thinking back to some first-hand experience I had when I started my career at a GM engine plant, circa 1995. It’s the most blatant example of someone intentionally distorting data that I’ve ever seen… but it’s totally understandable. I blame the senior leaders, not the front-line supervisor in this case..., --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

Looking back at two slides Mark used about 10 years when introducing Lean to healthcare executives http://leanblog.org/audio3 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

Mark describes some key points from the book "Four Days With Dr. Deming." Learn more at http://www.leanblog.org/audio2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support

This post is about the small difference that led a nurse supervisor and her team to go from "no ideas" to having lots of ideas. Visit http://www.leanblog.org/audio1 to read the original article http://www.leanblog.org/audio1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lean-blog-audio/support