Tag: Gemba

Today's post is by Brian Collyer, blogger at Today's Lean Manufacturing. Brian interviewed me recently for his podcast. Gemba: the Japanese term meaning "the real...

I had previously blogged about this Lean healthcare study trip to Japan, but I'm really excited that it's coming up soon! I depart in...

I didn't have a post yesterday because it was the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. While I'm not a "worker," in the...

Many of you have emailed me about this horribly sad story: "Toledo hospital nurse accidentally throws away healthy donor kidney during transplant surgery." As a...

If your organization blocks access to YouTube... shame on them. The videos I'm sharing here are two reasons you should insist they open access...

Interesting article here: "Case in Point: Avoiding martial-arts moves by 'pulling the Andon cord'" that was in the Washington Post, of all places. The piece,...

What a great time on Thursday with Masaaki Imai! We were hosted by a non-profit organization, SightLife, that has used Lean to improve the...

Coming this week -- blog posts and tweets (follow me or hashtag  #HCsummit12) from the 2012 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit on Wednesday and Thursday....

So  I was checking out the server logs for the website for my upcoming book Healthcare Kaizen  (because, yes, my life is just...

Hello from Las Vegas, where I participated in a wonderful event yesterday, the Lean Healthcare PowerDay. Here are a few key quotes: "That cry for...

Every few years, we see news articles about virtual reality robots that will roam hospital hallways - delivering medicines or supplies or allowing remote...

I received some really good questions from a reader, Nick, who has recently crossed industries to bring his Lean Manufacturing experience into healthcare. Since...