Comments on: BFD Learning moments: Links to the outside world http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world Locally owned and operated from Cleveland, OH since 2002 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Morrison http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world/comment-page-1#comment-2884 Ed Morrison Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:47:19 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=852#comment-2884 Susan: As elected officials start understanding the power of the Internet, they will recognize that their behavior needs to align with a shared sense of the common good. In the spirit of BFD Learning Moments our local officials could learn a lot from the Nordic countries: http://snurl.com/99rxx Have a great New Year. Susan:

As elected officials start understanding the power of the Internet, they will recognize that their behavior needs to align with a shared sense of the common good.

In the spirit of BFD Learning Moments our local officials could learn a lot from the Nordic countries:
http://snurl.com/99rxx

Have a great New Year.

]]> By: Susan Miller http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world/comment-page-1#comment-2883 Susan Miller Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:48:27 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=852#comment-2883 Yes, Ed, I know why you post these learning moments. In case you didn't read through the South Euclid comment, basically it would indicate that "oh my gawd - you can read about this stuff online!!!" That exclamation might escape a SoEuclid councilperson's mouth after they spent a wad traveling to Orlando to discover "what in the world to do with so many problems facing their fair city... goodness!" Uh... overspending seems to be one of the problems. (The video is worth its weight in gold... bored to death.) So as I have asked with regard to the Breuer/County admin debacle and now the medmart bondoggle, when you can't pay the mortgage on your current primary residence, it is a good time to be building that vacation dream home at Hilton Head? I get it, Ed. I just don't think elected officials in NEO are reading BFD at least not in SoEuclid, eh? Happy New Year to you, too! Yes, Ed, I know why you post these learning moments. In case you didn’t read through the South Euclid comment, basically it would indicate that “oh my gawd – you can read about this stuff online!!!” That exclamation might escape a SoEuclid councilperson’s mouth after they spent a wad traveling to Orlando to discover “what in the world to do with so many problems facing their fair city… goodness!” Uh… overspending seems to be one of the problems. (The video is worth its weight in gold… bored to death.)

So as I have asked with regard to the Breuer/County admin debacle and now the medmart bondoggle, when you can’t pay the mortgage on your current primary residence, it is a good time to be building that vacation dream home at Hilton Head?

I get it, Ed. I just don’t think elected officials in NEO are reading BFD at least not in SoEuclid, eh?

Happy New Year to you, too!

]]> By: Ed Morrison http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world/comment-page-1#comment-2882 Ed Morrison Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:04:34 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=852#comment-2882 John: Thanks! Happy New Year to you, and our BFD readers! Rick: This approach has a lot of value. That's why I put the Purdue link in. The folks at Purdue have been working, quite successfully, on projects such as reducing nurse turnover. Susan: I post BFD learning moments because (without being too negative, I hope, John) I have found the Cleveland leadership to be insular and generally unaware of developments taking place in other regions. As a result, they are prone to making some mistakes: the Tower City bailout, casino gambling, Cleveland+, NorTech's "strategy" exercise in scenarios, Team NEO (generally), and Voices and Choices. Cleveland has exceptions -- Baiju Shah jumps to mind -- but generally the folks in charge of regional economic development are not taking full advantage of learning from other regions. BFD Learning moments is a fast way to catch up to some of the new developments. John:

Thanks! Happy New Year to you, and our BFD readers!

Rick:

This approach has a lot of value. That’s why I put the Purdue link in. The folks at Purdue have been working, quite successfully, on projects such as reducing nurse turnover.

Susan:

I post BFD learning moments because (without being too negative, I hope, John) I have found the Cleveland leadership to be insular and generally unaware of developments taking place in other regions.

As a result, they are prone to making some mistakes: the Tower City bailout, casino gambling, Cleveland+, NorTech’s “strategy” exercise in scenarios, Team NEO (generally), and Voices and Choices.

Cleveland has exceptions — Baiju Shah jumps to mind — but generally the folks in charge of regional economic development are not taking full advantage of learning from other regions.

BFD Learning moments is a fast way to catch up to some of the new developments.

]]> By: Susan Miller http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world/comment-page-1#comment-2881 Susan Miller Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:58:31 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=852#comment-2881 Do the councilperson's in South Euclid need to learn from your internet skills so they can discover what other communities are doing? http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/search?q=orlando Will Cleveland be as attractive for convention goers as Orlando? Do the councilperson’s in South Euclid need to learn from your internet skills so they can discover what other communities are doing?

http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/search?q=orlando

Will Cleveland be as attractive for convention goers as Orlando?

]]> By: Rick Bohan http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world/comment-page-1#comment-2880 Rick Bohan Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:48:57 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=852#comment-2880 I read the "lean hospital" article with interest. It's a good article, I guess, and I do have to make allowances for journalists' lack of knowledge of industrial methods but one comes away thinking that: 1.) Lean is all about improving efficiency, 2.) Lean is coming up with lots of ways to save a dollar here and a few minutes there, 3.) Lean like the old "quality circles" approach in which employees come up with ideas to save money or save time, 4.) Lean has elements in common with "assembly line" manufacturing methods. None of these views is particularly accurate. I read the “lean hospital” article with interest. It’s a good article, I guess, and I do have to make allowances for journalists’ lack of knowledge of industrial methods but one comes away thinking that:
1.) Lean is all about improving efficiency,
2.) Lean is coming up with lots of ways to save a dollar here and a few minutes there,
3.) Lean like the old “quality circles” approach in which employees come up with ideas to save money or save time,
4.) Lean has elements in common with “assembly line” manufacturing methods.

None of these views is particularly accurate.

]]> By: John Ettorre http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/bfd-learning-moments-links-to-the-outside-world/comment-page-1#comment-2879 John Ettorre Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:19:02 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=852#comment-2879 Happy new year, Ed. And everyone else, too. Happy new year, Ed. And everyone else, too.

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