It's surprising to see how often this awful UI / UX design is used on the web. A website (Forbes) wanted me to enter my date of birth by clicking a left arrow 601 times (I turned 50 last month), ...
https://www.leanblog.org/2023/11/wasted-motion-the-worst-way-to-enter-your-birthdate-on-a-website/
tl;dr: In the blog post, we delve into MLB's ongoing struggle with slow and lengthy games, analyzing recent rule changes aimed at reducing game time. Special focus is given to the newly enforced ...
In recent years, healthcare providers increasingly want you to do an “online check in” prior to your appointment. I can see the benefits — when it works well. I'd rather type information in...
https://www.leanblog.org/2023/06/patient-frustration-why-did-i-bother-checking-in-online-then/
I know I'm not alone in being frustrated by something as simple — seemingly simple — as transferring electronic medical records from one physician's office to another. I do have a more unusua...
A culture of learning makes the difference, not “low inventory” Last year, I wrote a post that criticized those, including the Wall St Journal, who claimed that Toyota was “abandoning” th...
https://www.leanblog.org/2022/11/toyota-was-helped-not-hampered-by-tps-during-the-pandemic/
I try not to use the word “Lean” as an adjective that means “better.” We see this a lot online, the so-called “Lean boarding pass” or other such things. If “Lean” becomes a synony...
https://www.leanblog.org/2022/06/reader-question-would-you-call-this-a-lean-burial/
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more We've been on hiatus over the summer here, so I've taken a look back at some of the older episodes from the podcast archives, while being on...
https://www.leanblog.org/2021/08/podcast-bonus-episode-jamie-flinchbaugh-revisited-from-2006/
As part of my relocation to California, I need to establish a relationship with an ophthalmologist here, as I have had early-onset glaucoma for about ten years (thanks to something called “pigm...
https://www.leanblog.org/2020/07/i-helped-a-doctors-office-reduce-some-waste-will-it-stick/