Throwback Thursday: A Look Back at Japan #Lean Healthcare Study Trips

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 in Japan

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

Visiting the Toyota Museum in Nagoya

https://www.leanblog.org/2012/11/andon-cords-at-the-toyota-takaota-plant-it-doesnt-come-naturally/

Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the Non-Essential…”

How Kaizen Leads to Innovation: Lessons from a Japanese Hospital CEO

The “Gold Prize” Kaizen QC Project Saved How Much?

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

What One Toyota Tour Guide Taught Me About Real Kaizen

https://www.leanblog.org/2014/11/quality-circles-are-alive-wed-probably-call-it-a3-problem-solving/

The Kaizen Approach to Getting Others Comfortable with Sushi

Words vs. Simple Visuals; A Secret About Japanese Hospitals

Good Ideas, Lean Ideas, Keep Crossing the Pacific

My Visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 1

Visiting and Touring the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 2

5S: The Good, the Bad, and the Extreme in Japanese Hospitals

Come join us next year!