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There are certainly many serious problems in healthcare. Let's look at nursing, in particular. It's a rewarding…

I've had some cartoons on the blog before, including a few "Doofus & Leanies."  I can't draw at all, believe me…

In our Healthcare Kaizen books, Joe Swartz and I have tried to make the case that the Kaizen style of continuous…

The price paid for most management consulting work is based on either a daily rate or some variation of a…

Thanks everybody for reading my blog in 2013! I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to read and…

Today, I'm spending the day with a health system and their quarterly management retreat, which includes about 200…

A principle that has been often discussed (and hopefully practiced) in the Lean community over the past few…

My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never…

You might also have seen the first video animation that I did last week about the waste of getting new recycling…

I've often blogged about Dilbert and "dilbert lean" is a fairly common search term, so I thought I'd do my best to…

First off, a huge thumbs up and thanks are due to Eric Ries and his thought-provoking "Startup Lessons Learned"…

In discussions of "kaizen" (the Japanese word that is translated to "continuous improvement" or "change for the…

Regular readers might know that I'm working on a second book project, about "kaizen" (continuous improvement) in…

This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at…

Note: I edited the post title on April 3 to make it clear this was an April Fool's Joke. Comments posted by readers…

Regular followers of my blog know that I've been creating audio podcasts since 2006. Later today (at 3 PM), I am…

Here's one to ponder and comment on - does putting a pharmacist in jail for six months and ruining his career and…