Monthly Archives: January 2012
A Reinforcing Loop of Kaizen and Respect
We are going through the editing and typesetting process for our upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen this week.
After not really looking at the manuscript for...
KaiNexus Education Video #5 – Moving Beyond Suggestion Boxes
Here is the fifth in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team....
“The speed and flexibility is breathtaking” – But in a good way?
There has been a lot of buzz over last Sunday's New York Times article "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work." It's good...
Your Thoughts on Recent Articles about Apple, Foxconn, and China?
This week, I've been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities in China. These stories are...
Podcast #136 – Paul Akers, Interview About His Book ‘2 Second Lean”
Our guest for episode #136 is Paul Akers, President of FastCap and author of the book 2 Second Lean.
Here, we are talking about...
Guest Post: Is your management system the constraint in Kaizen?
Mark's note: Today's guest post by Bart Sellers is a timely contribution to follow up to yesterday's post about the ThedaCare Business Performance System...
ThedaCare’s “Business Performance System” – and a 10% Target
One of the most powerful thoughts in the book On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry (by John Toussaint...
Lean in the Livonia Public Schools
I grew up in Livonia, Michigan, where I was fortunate to have an outstanding public school education (without the district, to my knowledge, needing...
Guest Post: Talking Lean at the Baseball Winter Meetings
Mark's Note: Today's post is a second guest post from a new blogger, Chad Walters. His first post appeared last Friday. I was happy...
A Vivid Example of Gaming the Numbers on “The Office”
NBC's "The Office" is often a good source for clips that illustrate the opposite of Lean thinking. Last week's episode was a continuation of...
A Nice Kaizen Example from the PACU
"Kaizen" is a Japanese word that means "change for the better" in the context of ongoing "continuous improvement." The so-called "kaizen event," a weeklong...
A Lean Lesson from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As we commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, this quote caught my eye from one of Dr. King's Letters from a Birmingham...
