Tag: Training Within Industry

I had a chance to go back to the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) plant in south San Antonio last week with a group...

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...

"Approximately 8 to 10% of the individuals who walk through our doors are being hurt by us," says David  Musyj, CEO of Windsor Regional...

As we enter the new year, it's a great time to reflect back on 2012 - what worked and what didn't work... what do...

Following up on my notes from Day 1, here are some notes and key points from Day 2 of the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit....

After meeting him at a conference a few years back, I consider Patrick Anderson, executive director of Chugatchmiut, to be a good friend in...

As the main days of the men's NCAA basketball tourney ("March Madness") start Thursday, here's a topic that might make for fun Lean discussion...

As I was cleaning out a pile of stuff in my office, I found an unread issue of Inc. magazine from June 2011. One...

While doing research for my upcoming book on "Healthcare Kaizen," I found two books that touched on kaizen-style continuous improvement in our everyday lives....

I'm not sure if this poster was associated with the Training Within Industry program or not, but it's a World War II era government...

One of the variations of my acronym L.A.M.E. is "Lean As Misguidedly Explained," and I recently ran across two fresh instances of this (and,...

Mark's note: Today's guest post is from  Dr. Mark Jaben. I first met Mark in person at  Cindy Jimmerson's Lean Healthcare West conference in...