Monthly Archives: August 2013
Weekend Fun: An Example of Poor Problem Solving
Here's a funny ESPN commercial featuring PGA golfer Rickie Fowler.
Fowler is pouring coffee, yet he makes some bad assumptions about which coffee is decaf...
What I’m Reading 8/29/13: Forcing Happiness, Saving $$ By Not Using Your Health Insurance,...
As we move into the Labor Day weekend, I need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...
“The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen” is a #1 Hot New Release on Amazon
It's exciting to see that our new book The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen is getting a great response (especially with the low $17.97...
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 3
Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm going to share a...
Kaizen Contest – Win a Copy of “The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen”
One feature of the website for our Healthcare Kaizen books has been the ability for people to share an example of a Kaizen improvement...
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 2
Growing grapes and making wine is certainly an art... but when you look into it there's a lot of process involved. As I wrote...
Dr. Gary Kaplan’s Introduction to “The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen”
It's been just over five years since the first edition of my book Lean Hospitals was released and just over a year since Healthcare...
What I’m Reading: “Little Bets”
I've recently been reading an enjoyable book by Peter Sims, Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries.
The practice of Kaizen, of course,...
Gemba Wine: Variation in Wine Seals and Variation in Customer Needs
My wife and I just got back from four days in Napa and Sonoma counties doing, ahem, "gemba walks" at a number of wineries,...
Chart: A Few Seconds Here and There Can Really Add Up
Hat tip to Tony Manos of 5S Supply for sharing (via twitter) this interesting table that shows how a few minutes (or even a...
25 Key Leader Behaviors that Encourage Continuous Improvement
Last Wednesday, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I gave a webinar for Gemba Academy titled Leadership Behaviors that Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement.
You can...
Interviewing Dr. Guarisco on Improving E.D. Patient Flow
You might recall that I interviewed Dr. Joe Guarisco for episode #160 of my podcast series, talking about operations improvement and emergency department patient...
