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Aviation lessons for patient safety anchor this conversation with Steve Montague, a retired Navy fighter pilot and commercial airline pilot who consults with hospitals on high-reliability practices. We get into checklists done well and done badly, why most hospital mistakes…
As Patient Safety Awareness Week continues, thanks to all of you who shared this PBS News Hour story with me via email or Twitter. If you ever see something you think might be of interest, please let me know. On…
Today is the first of two episodes that I’ll post here during Patient Safety Awareness Week. I agree with the National Patient Safety Foundation that every day should be patient safety day. I’m sure my guest for episode #245 would…
This week is the annual Patient Safety Awareness Week. As the National Patient Safety Foundation says, “Every day is patient safety day.” I’ve expressed similar sentiments here on the blog before. I think we need more ongoing efforts to raise…
TL;DR: Trump’s “if I say do it, they’re going to do it” reflects a command and control leadership style that even the military is moving away from. Toyota, Gen. McChrystal, and decades of evidence point to something better. Command and…
Today’s post doesn’t throw back too far… it looks back at a post from just last month: “Doctors Get Upset With Being Pushed, Bad Leadership, Clumsy Incentives; Try to Unionize.” What’s a bit more of a throwback is receiving a comment on…
Joining me again for Episode #244 is Dan Markovitz. Today’s episode is part 2 of our discussion about his most recent book Building the Fit Organization: Six Core Principles for Making Your Company Stronger, Faster, and More Competitive, a recipient of the Shingo…
Last Friday morning, I partnered with Chip Ponsford, DVM, a doctor of veterinary medicine, to give an introductory Lean continuing education presentation at the annual conference of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr. Gary Kaplan is the CEO of Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center, considered one of the world leaders in the adoption of Lean healthcare principles. He wrote the foreword for my book The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He co-authored a recent…
I like to do some fun and lighthearted posts on the weekends… a blog segment I call “Weekend Fun” (not so creative, I realize). An old friend from college posted a funny story on Facebook this morning, which I’m sharing…
Last year, you might have heard my podcast episode with author Jacob Stoller, talking about his book The Lean CEO. Coming up on March 15, I’m happy to be hosting a KaiNexus webinar with him, where Stoller will be presenting about “The 3…
Today, I'd like to share an excerpt from a chapter written by Joe Swartz, my co-author for the Healthcare Kaizen books. Joe has been "Practicing Lean" for over 20 years and he humbly shares a story about a mistake made in his early days of Lean.
