Monthly Archives: November 2012
5 Questions on “Healthcare Kaizen”
Thanks to my friend Matt May (check out his new book The Laws of Subtraction) for hosting "5 Questions" about my latest book Healthcare...
Guest Post: The Risk of Ignoring Muri
Today's guest post is by author Natalie Sayer, who was my guest for Podcast #145.
While doing research for another project, I had the...
Dr. Gary Kaplan’s Piece on Lean for the Institute of Medicine
Here is a commentary that was written by Gary S. Kaplan, MD, the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center:
"The Lean Approach to Health...
A Lean Thinker Watches the Documentary “Escape Fire” – A Review
Last week, while flying back from my trip to Japan, I watched a video that had been recommended to me a few times (including...
Hospital Workers, Flu Shots & Standardized Work
While working in different environments and different industries, I've seen many work requirements that were deemed "non-negotiable" by management - and rightly so. For...
“5 Questions” for Mark Graban on the Evolving Excellence Blog
Thanks to Kevin Meyer for hosting "5 Questions" with me at his blog, Evolving Excellence.
Click here for the Q&A (link fixed)
1) Who are you,...
Article on Lean Design and Evidence-Based Design
I was quoted / interviewed in this piece that was published by daSILVEA Architects: "Re-thinking Healthcare: Improving Patient Care through Design." My friends Naida...
A Small Batch of Bread, Other Random Japan Pictures
I'm on my way home from Japan as this post gets published. I will probably take the week off from blogging for the Thanksgiving...
The “Gold Prize” Kaizen QC Project Saved How Much?
Yesterday, our tour group had a chance to visit an outstanding factory. They manufacture gas meters and they do everything from casting aluminum, creating...
A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation, and Breakthrough
Yesterday, our Lean Healthcare tour of Japan (with Kaizen Institute) took us to our second hospital, this time in Tokyo. The CEO, Shuhei Iida,...
Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the Non-Essential…”
Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said, of the practice at Toyota, that...
Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn’t Come Naturally?
Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't able...
