For today's Throwback Thursday, I'd like to look back at some blog posts about the trips I took to Japan in 2012 and 2014 to study Lean healthcare and Kaizen with healthcare practitioners from around the world.
In the two trips I've taken so far, I've learned a lot and have been inspired, not just by our Japanese hosts, but by the global participants of these visits.
I'm again partnering with Kaizen Institute to plan and help lead a trip that will be held in the last week of February, as I wrote about here:
Come Join Me to Study Lean & Kaizen for Healthcare: Japan 2018
Learn more at www.JapanLeanTrip.com
I think these posts give you a sense of the types of things you see, hear about, learn about, and discuss during our next trip:
Posts From the 2012 Trip
Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn't Come Naturally?
Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the Non-Essential…”
A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation, and Breakthrough
Japan Tour Reflections: Taking Home Lean Artifacts or Lean Thinking?
Japan Trip: Going to Gemba and Seeing 5S at a Japanese Hospital
Posts From the 2014 Trip
Our Toyota Tour Guide's Small Improvement — Kaizen in Action
“Quality Circles” Are Alive & Well in Japanese Organizations; We Might Call it A3 Problem Solving
The Kaizen Approach to Getting Others Comfortable with Sushi
5S: The Good, the Bad, and the Extreme in Japanese Hospitals
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