Look for Part 2 of my interview with Norm Bodek, coming later today. I've enjoyed his recent book, Kaikaku. It's…

Click for Article This past year has been a good one for new lean manufacturing books. I haven't read this one…

I'm overdue in writing more about my last trip to Japan a few months back. Today, I'll like to share some…

I am always happy to see something even vaguely related to the practice of Kaizen in mainstream publications.…

The look and feel of LeanBlog.org has changed... hopefully it serves you better.

Lean sometimes gets, I think, an unfair rap that it’s only a method for incremental improvement. See this article,…

I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France. My wife and…

A hat tip goes to Brian Buck for sharing this quote via email recently. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was a pithy…

Mark's note: Today's guest post is a return visit by Gert Linthout, from Belgium. Gert and I were part of the same…

In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I…

You might remember that I partnered with Kaizen Institute about two years ago to do their first "Lean Healthcare…

In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study…

In the category of "not so new" (this blog is nine years old) and hopefully "somewhat improved," you might notice a…

After the nice response to Lean Hospitals and  Healthcare Kaizen, I often get asked, "So, what's your next book…

I had previously blogged about this Lean healthcare study trip to Japan, but I'm really excited that it's…

Thanks to Quality Digest for publishing an article I co-authored with Gregory Jacobson, MD, a co-founder and the…

On weekends, I like to share videos or fun stuff that gets us thinking. Today, I'm sharing a video with the…