Tag Archives: standardized work

Does Technology Make You Complacent?

Posted on May 18, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Is autopilot dangerous? The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a three-day conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss pilot and air traffic controller professionalism, including whether automation makes pilots complacent.  The New York Times reports: Automation is generally considered a positive development … Continue reading →

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Is Legal Project Management Going Mainstream?

Posted on April 13, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Jordon Furlong charts recent press on legal project management and thinks it’s about to burst on center stage.  He writes: The day of the haphazard lawyer, who pursues a solution by intuition, experience and the loosest possible timetable, is drawing … Continue reading →

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Why Process Improvement Should Matter To All Lawyers

Posted on April 2, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

One thing is now clear: for serial litigants, developing efficient processes for handling e-discovery is critical. Joan Goodchild at Computerworld sings a common refrain heard at the The Sedona Conference Institute e-discovery conference I attended last week: NBC Universal is … Continue reading →

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4 Reasons To Use A Checklist

Posted on March 16, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto has arrived, and sits in my kitchen until I get my first free moment to enjoy it. I hope to read it, fittingly, on my upcoming cross-country flight. I meant to post about this earlier, … Continue reading →

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Toyoda's Testimony

Posted on February 24, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Today, I watched some of the Congressional testimony of Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota, and Yoshimi Inaba, chief operating officer for North America. First off, as to how to respond to the Toyota recall from a Lean perspective, I’m essentially … Continue reading →

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Checklists: Get Consensus and Follow Up

Posted on February 22, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Matthew May just finished Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, a book high up on my own reading list. Matt discusses two criteria for checklists: Clarity. Assume an untrained eye will read it. Make it bullet-proof, … Continue reading →

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Free Your Mind (and the rest will follow)

Posted on February 12, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

David Allen recently wrote (no link available): I’m lazy and I don’t want to think about anything more than it deserves. So my quest became to find the best and most efficient ways to think about things as little as … Continue reading →

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