Tag: Kaizen

Lean Healthcare Success in Minnesota – And One Off Base Op-Ed

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Here's an article that summarizes the pocket of Lean healthcare activity in and around Winona and LaCrosse, Minnesota: "Waste reduction: Area health systems embrace lean...

Turning “Waste” Into a Clever Acronym

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I wrote about Kaizen the other day on LinkedIn and the first comment was from Dr. Leke Agbejule, BPharm, MSc, PharmD, from South Florida: Very well said. As...

To Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement, Put Away the Gavel!

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I am giving a new webinar on Wednesday, hosted by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (to promote a public registration workshop on Kaizen...

Proof That Nelson from The Simpsons is Not a Good Kaizen...

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If you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of The Simpsons. The show has been on TV for 25 of my 40...

Are You Making Excuses or Solving Problems? [Video & Transcript]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g202QmfzpFo Here is a 10-minute talk I gave at the 2014 Lean Transformation Summit. I'm introduced by Jim Womack and we do Q&A at the...

Kaizen: What if We Get Bad Ideas from Employees?

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In our Healthcare Kaizen books, Joe Swartz and I have tried to make the case that the Kaizen style of continuous improvement isn't just a...

Read What This Hospital CEO Says on His Blog About Lean...

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Hospital CEOs are busy people, to say the least, but a big part of their leadership role includes communication with employees, physicians, and the...

That Moment When You Realize a Potential Client CEO is a...

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Many healthcare organizations are non-profits. They provide some "community benefit" in terms of charity care (as do for-profit healthcare organizations). Then, there are healthcare organizations...

This Date in Lean Blog History: August 6

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My blog will turn 10 years old in February 2015. You're probably either thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" or "Get a life, dude." :-) Here's a...

Don’t Miss These Webinars & a New Workshop on “Healthcare Kaizen”

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New KaiNexus Webinar - 8/21 Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing another new webinar in a few weeks: "Getting Started with Continuous Improvement: Lessons and...

Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories

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If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota isn't killing their famed and...

Video: What is Kaizen?

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I made this short three-minute video for KaiNexus where I try to succinctly answer the question, "What is Kaizen?" Click the thumbnail below to view...