tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612279471388616614.post67947603818863381..comments2023-10-03T13:08:21.741+02:00Comments on Lean thinking in healthcare: Never try to change somethingMarc Rouppe van der Voorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992450550627513985noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612279471388616614.post-51115151849541188402009-10-21T03:43:26.099+02:002009-10-21T03:43:26.099+02:00Interesting post. I think we often get too enthusi...Interesting post. I think we often get too enthusiastic to overly criticize the status quo. There might be waste, and the patient might benefit from change, but today's waste was the good idea of a previous day.<br /><br />Recognizing that the people who designed the old system (or just allowed it to happen) might have their feelings hurt by the identification of waste shouldn't necessarily stop us from improving, but it should give us pause to show respect for their previous efforts and to empathize with why pride may get in the way of them supporting kaizen.Mark Grabanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.com