Jon Wetzel
OpEx for 2013 – Crystal Ball Predictions
March 08 by Jon WetzelTo look forward we need to first look back. From 2008-2012 we saw big pharma collide creating larger companies. Genentech-Roche, Novartis-Alcon, Pfizer-Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline-Human Ge...
Doctor Who – Change Agent with a TARDIS
January 14 by Jon WetzelWhat lean business knowledge can we learn from a fictitious doctor that travels through space and time in a shiny police box? Let’s discuss. Doctor Who is a Time Lord but he doesn&rsq...
Chunk it or Choke on it!
October 18 by Jon WetzelWe’ve finished the future state map on how to fix the entire system but it’s going to take us at least a year, involve a ton of man hours and cost a lot of money. It also involves...
Hand Waver or Hand Shaker
August 07 by Jon WetzelWhen you shake hands with someone there’s a physical acknowledgement between both persons that they actually met each other. A hand wave can be a random one way communication between one...
Being A Lean “Action Hero”
June 07 by Jon WetzelBy saying “Action Hero” you might be envisioning Angelina Jolie as “Laura Croft” or Jason Statham in just about anything he’s ever done but I’m talking about the...
Whose Lab Kung Fu is Best?
April 05 by Jon WetzelNow that you have Carl Douglas’s or Cee-Lo Green’s “Kung Fu Fighting” stuck in your head let’s talk about if you’ve been acting like a true Lab Kung Fu Master....
Being An Instrument of Change
January 23 by Jon WetzelAs we move into the new year now is the time to look around your surroundings and examine where and how you can effect positive change in your own environment. Mahatma Gandhi said “You must...
Today’s Countermeasure is Tomorrow’s Standard
November 02 by Jon WetzelThe calendar is a global countermeasure. There are 365 days in a year except every 4 years there are 366 days. The leap year was a countermeasure developed in 45 BC as part of the Julian cal...
Process Mapping: Where am I NOW?
September 27 by Jon WetzelIf you don’t know where you are or where you’re going then why are you surprised when you get lost? In today’s world we KNOW the benefits of Google Maps or having a GPS in...
Putting “Quality” Back into Your QMS
September 01 by Jon WetzelFrom a high level perspective a Quality Management System (QMS) is great but to the lab workers it’s more like a pile of “red tape” that stops them from doing or improving their wo...
Are You a Good Worker or a GREAT Leader?
July 25 by Jon WetzelI’ve had many a discussion over the past week with my colleagues about what makes a lean system work? The answer every time comes back to a culture of leadership. Everyone in a lean organis...
“Can you Hear me Now?” Why Silo Mentality is Crippling your Lab
June 30 by Jon WetzelIn any large organisation there is the tendency to break a process down to specialised groups to work on samples. The problem is that these groups forget the importance of communicating with ea...