March 7th, 2008

The Various Realities

The 3 BIG Realties

We all use the word reality as though it had one common meaning that we could all agree on. Sometimes maybe we agree but often we don’t. There are 3 really big and very important realities that we all have to deal with one way or another.

1. The world out there. This reality is pretty obvious to some of us but less clear to others. This is the world of hurricanes and muggings and train wrecks. The world of all the unpredictable disasters as well as all of the unexpected good surprises. Finding the 20 dollar bill, going to a movie and meeting your future spouse. We have almost no control over this world at all. We can’t do anything to completely protect ourselves from a drunken driver or a suicide bomber or cancer or whatever.

January 26th, 2008

Bringing Lean Healthcare To Life

Starting Blocks
Without a doubt, Lean is set to make a big impact on the Healthcare sector over the next few years and many Healthcare organisations in both the public and private sector are already exploring how they could apply it to their patient pathways and administrative processes.

Whilst many of the tools of Lean are familiar to the people in the Healthcare sector, particularly aspects of Process Analysis, the real difference that Lean will bring is a change in the way that improvements activities are implemented rather than the use of the tools themselves.

December 23rd, 2007

More Than Time Is Required To Bring About Radical Transformations

How often do we think that time will radically change people? No - only Jesus Christ can do that. How frequently does a woman think that after she is married, she will change her husband? There are many casualties regarding that one.

Turn with me to Acts Chapter 25 in the New Testament and let me explain clearly what I mean.

Festus the Governor of the region returns to Caesarea, having been in Jerusalem, and the trial of Paul begins all over again, after having been left to languish in prison for two years. I have been in Caesarea many times and it would not be a nice place to be left imprisoned and particularly when you had no idea how long this was going to last. It is hot humid and steamy.


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