I have a small announcement, but before I get started, I
want to head off one possible source of confusion.
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THIS IS NOT A HARRY POTTER SPIN-OFF
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Article about @WestCapeHealth Emergency Medicine Services using #leanthinking to improve on their purpose of saving lives. Attention is on mission time, defined as “from the time a call comes in, until patient is handed over & admitted to facility”. @PlanetLean @heathertuffin
If, as a clinician, you have learned how to pronounce the word meningoencephalocele (or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or whatever) you can 💯% learn to pronounce the name of your patient, colleague, or trainee. I believe in you. #MedEd
The success of your life, team or organization may be proportional to how much uncertainty you can handle. Uncertainty happens, but how we respond is a choice. Simple, effective, scientific-thinking response patterns can be practiced and developed into habits. Toyota Kata!
As much as I'm sure they'll want to fire the driver, they need to ask themselves: "How did our system evolve to the point where it could fail so spectacularly after such a small variation."
Value Stream Mappers: It's the 20th anniversary of the book "Learning to See." Prof. Jeff Liker and I reflected on lessons-learned about VSM and made this short SlideShare. Click through it to learn more about using value stream mapping with Toyota Kata. https://t.co/7QpgpGS1nX
@DrTimLondon from @UCTGSB asks delegates in his full-house session: do you know your organisation’s values? Do you know what they mean? Do you share that same understanding with your colleagues? Most people said yes to 1st question, but not others. #leanafrica18
Moving forward with people: be really considered when you’re thinking about hiring. Think about the selection of process. Pick someone who is committed to organisation’s values. Great points from senior lecturer @UCTGSB @DrTimLondon #leanafrica18