Tag: Healthcare

It's time again for a regular feature I call "Stuff I'm Reading." I have too many browser tabs open and my Mac is bogging...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmcokWStLk This webinar was held with guest presenter, Mark Graban of https://www.leanblog.org/ Suggestion box programs, while well intended, usually fail to engage employees in any improvement,...

In the Kaizen approach, stealing the ideas of others isn't a negative thing. If somebody else implemented an idea and you can use that...

Today is Valentine's Day, so this blog post should give you a few hours' warning to buy a "just in time" gift for your...

Here is a short video clip from 2009... Dr. John Toussaint talking about the need to shift away from "White Coat Leadership" to Lean...

I've been talking to a lot of healthcare organizations about Kaizen and continuous improvement. There are many organizations embracing the methods that Joe Swartz...

I recently saw this headline in the London Evening Standard: "Nurses struggle to 'get the job done' due to staff shortages and lack of...

Listen: My guest for episode #164 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Rachelle Schultz, CEO of Winona Health (based in Winona, Minnesota). Rachelle was...

Reminder: Please take my reader survey and enter to win some Lean prizes. My friends at LEI have a new book out by Judy Worth,...

Here is a piece that I wrote originally for publication on LinkedIn (but you can read it without an account, I believe). It's not strictly...

Don't forget my reader survey - share your feedback and have a chance at some great prizes. In November, I blogged about a panel at...

Last year, the Institute of Medicine released its latest report titled, "Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in...