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The surgeon who used F1 pitstop techniques to save lives of babies

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Re: The surgeon who used F1 pitstop techniques to save lives of babies

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Good read. Here's the crux for me: > If something went wrong in the journey to theatre — such as a crucial wire becoming unattached — all staff would rush to the issue in an attempt to fix it, rather than having the discipline and structure for one dedicated staff member to do so in a less panicked manner. I've never been a part of F1 racing or pediatric surgery, but even in plain old software development, it's alway…

(Blameless) 'Post-Mortems' are crucial and certainly help improve process.

Re: The surgeon who used F1 pitstop techniques to save lives of babies

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It reminded me that story I saw on internet where companies wanted to help give meals for poor people and most of them gave money, except for Toyota, which improved the chain of supply by applying the methodology they use themselves to build their cars. And basically they improved by ~40% the number of meals delivered per day.
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