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After arriving at the hotel in Beijing at about 8 pm the night before, I participated in a day-long Lean Healthcare conference that very next morning. I’m glad I always presented in the mornings because I was always fresh (I…
We'll probably also talk about this article that was published yesterday on QualityDigest.com: "Lean Is About Quality, Not Just Speed or Efficiency... in Factories or in Hospitals" It might ruffle some feathers, but oh well.
I’m really excited to have Steve Bera as my guest for episode #256 of the podcast. I read about him as he was featured prominently in a chapter of the 1994 Pulitzer-Prize winning book Comeback: The Fall & Rise of…
I just returned on Wednesday from my first trip to China to meet with people and give presentations about Lean in healthcare. It was a whirlwind to say the least. I spent nearly as much time traveling as I did…
Hi, I’m back from a whirlwind week-long trip to China, where I taught classes on Lean healthcare in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing. I had the chance to visit two very modern hospitals and I really appreciate the interest in healthcare…
I’m going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years past. 2015: See How a British Psychiatrist is Using LEGO Videos to Explain Lean Healthcare 2014: Weird Al’s Hilarious…
For many families, making a trip to Walt Disney World is the quintessential family vacation. My wife and I started planning our Disney trip years ago. We knew we wanted to wait until our daughters were old enough to be…
Here’s the transcript from the recent podcast that Chip Ponsford, DVM (of the LeanVets.com blog) and I did with Samantha Parrett, the Director of Business & Administrative Services at North Carolina State University Veterinary Health Complex. We know many of you prefer…
Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2016! It’s been an interesting year and I appreciate you taking time out of your busy lives to read and participate in the discussion. I hope this site will continue to be a part of…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more This episode is sponsored by StoreSMART. My guest for episode #255 is Mark DeLuzio, author of the recently released book Turn Waste into Wealth: How to Find Cash in Every Corner of…
TL;DR: In Part 2 of this series, I explore two hypotheses that often derail strategy deployment in practice: deciding which initiatives truly matter and understanding the organization’s real capacity for change. Treating focus and capacity as testable hypotheses–rather than fixed…
Recently, Chris Jerry, a friend in the patient safety movement (pictured, at left) told me that he was going to be interviewed on a Fox News Channel program about medical errors. You can read or listen (here and here) to my…
