Tag: Kaizen

Joe Swartz Discusses Healthcare Kaizen and a Culture of Continuous Improvement...

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Joining me for episode #187 is Joe Swartz, my friend and esteemed co-author of our books Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous...

From Vague to Passive to Active in Your Voice and Improvement...

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While I'd be the first to admit that my writing is not perfect and I certainly need a copy editor for my books, I...

Guest Post: How Standardized Does a Kaizen Process Need to Be?

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Mark's Note: Today's post is by a colleague from The Netherlands, Erwin Haas. Erwin is a leader in a Dutch consulting firm, NextChange, a...

Eiji Toyoda, Credited with Developing TPS and Expanding Toyota into North...

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Eiji Toyoda, a key figure in the growth and expansion of Toyota and the Toyota Production System practices has passed away this week, just...

Podcast #186 – Jon Miller Discusses His Book Creating a Kaizen...

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My guest for episode #186 is my friend Jon Miller, CEO of Kaizen Institute and a long-time blogger at Gemba Panta Rei. Today, we're...

Guest Post: The Ultimate Lean Thinker’s Phone – the iPhone “5S”

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Hi, this is Dr. Les Muda, the world's first (and only) Lean healthcare comedian, taking over Mark's blog today for a guest post about...

Applying Kaizen to the Kaizen Process

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When I teach and coach people on the "Kaizen" style of continuous improvement, I emphasize that what I'm teaching them isn't perfect and it's...

Guest Post: Lean and Six Sigma (and My Son) Require Skills-Based...

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Mark's Note: Today's guest post is by Joe Swartz, my co-author for the book Healthcare Kaizen and the newly-released book The Executive Guide to...

Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 3

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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...

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One feature of the website for our  Healthcare Kaizen books  has been the ability for people to share an example of a Kaizen improvement...

Dr. Gary Kaplan’s Introduction to “The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen”

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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”

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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,...