Tag: Toyota

Toyota Helps Children’s Health Dallas Reduce Some CLABSI Infections 75%

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"Through a collaboration with Toyota, Children's HealthSM, the leading pediatric health system in North Texas, announced today it has successfully reduced rates of central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) by 75 percent with patients in the gastroenterology unit."

The Coming Auto Industry Battle: Toyota’s People vs. Tesla’s Robots?

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Here's an interesting article from Fast Company: At Toyota, The Automation Is Human-Powered The sub headline reads: While the rest of the auto industry increasingly uses robots...

My Webinar Recording: Standardize What Makes Sense…

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Today at 3 PM, I'm doing a webinar at the invitation of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, as part of their "Quality Café" series. Thanks for the invitation! It's open to the public and it's titled: "Standardize What Makes Sense... Then Engage Everybody in Improving What You Standardized" I hope you can join us...

Does Being Giddy With Knowledge About Wine or Lean Cause Problems?

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I enjoy "gemba visits" (of sorts) to wineries and vacations often focus on this walking, tasting, and learning. I usually read the wine column that's...

Webinar: Success with Lean for the Long-Term Under Short-Term Pressure

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On Thursday, August 10, I played the role of host for our latest KaiNexus webinar. It's being presented by Warren Stokes, Director of Process Improvement...

[Updated] Texas Rangers’ 3B Adrian Beltre Ejected for 5S or Standardized...

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Update: See the end of the post with some photos I took at the game yesterday where Beltre got his 3000th career hit -...

Live Blogging Day 1 of #HCSummit17 – #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit

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I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California. Follow on Twitter using the hashtag #HCSummit2017. If you're here at the event,...

3 Nice Videos About Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) in Various Industries

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There are many helpful videos on YouTube with great illustrations of Kaizen and continuous improvement mindsets and principles. In this post, I'm going to share three...

Easier, Better, Faster, Cheaper… What’s Missing There?

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What if "easier" is less safe? Great question. It begs the question of why Safer isn't first in Shingo's list? Is it because safety is assumed to be such a fundamental pre-condition in the Toyota culture or the Lean approach? Safety is such a non-negotiable point that it doesn't need to be said?

A Lesson From Toyota: Thanking Employees for Pointing Out Problems

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Thanks to Lean Frontiers for sharing a story from Mike Hoseus on LinkedIn. Mike is, of course, co-author of the excellent book Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way (written with Jeff Liker, who I just learned is retiring from the University of Michigan... more on that soon).

Podcast #279: A Psychologist’s Use of Kaizen and What We Can...

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Back in 2012, I did a podcast interview (Episode 153) with a psychologist and family therapist, Robert Maurer, PhD. It's been almost five years since the discussion, but I'm often reminded of what I learned from his books and his advice about small change.

Sad Bloomberg BusinessWeek Article on Auto Supplier Safety, Thoughts for Healthcare

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A few of you sent me this article... and you were correct to think I would be interested: "Inside Alabama's Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs." What are the parallels and lessons for hospitals?