It’s been just over five years since the first edition of my book Lean Hospitals was released and just over a year since Healthcare Kaizen was released. Joe Swartz and I are happy to say that The Executive Guide to…
I’m driving all over the state of Ohio this week, teaching three different workshops on Kaizen and Lean Healthcare with my friends at TechSolve. I was in Findlay yesterday, am teaching in Columbus today, and will be in Akron Thursday…
Joe Swartz and I are building upon our well-received (and Shingo Research Award winning) book Healthcare Kaizen with a new special edition aimed at busy senior leaders. The book is available for pre-order now at Amazon.com: The Executive Guide to…
There’s a great piece, currently available for free on the HBR website, about continuous improvement: The Culture to Cultivate The author, George Halvorson, is the recently retired CEO of Kaiser Permanente and it’s really helpful that he is writing about…
Below is a very nice video that was produced by Franciscan St. Francis Health System, the organization where my Healthcare Kaizen co-author Joe Swartz is the Director of Business Transformation. The video was made for use related to our book’s…
Joining me once again for episode #176 is my mentor and good friend Norman Bodek, who has been a guest many times here. Today, we are talking about his latest book, The Harada Method: The Spirit of Self-Reliance.
My co-author Joe Swartz and I are happy to announce that our book Healthcare Kaizen was named a recipient of the prestigious Shingo Professional Publication and Research Award. The award will be formally presented to the co-authors in early 2014…
Suggestion boxes rarely lead to meaningful change because ideas disappear into slow, opaque processes. Healthcare Kaizen works because leaders and frontline staff collaborate to test, implement, and learn from improvements in real time. The result is better engagement, safer care,…
I’ve been talking to a lot of healthcare organizations about Kaizen and continuous improvement. There are many organizations embracing the methods that Joe Swartz and I wrote about in Healthcare Kaizen. I think there’s some momentum building out there for…
Thanks to ASQ for posting an audio interview they did with me last month about my book (with Joe Swartz), Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements. Listen to the interview (MP3 file – 14 minutes) ASQ also…
Listen My guest for podcast #160 is Joseph S. Guarisco, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP. Dr. Guarisco is currently Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and System Chief of Emergency Services for the Ochsner Health System. Dr. Guarisco is a keynote…
Thanks to my friend Matt May (check out his new book The Laws of Subtraction) for hosting “5 Questions” about my latest book Healthcare Kaizen. Matt asked some great questions and I hope you enjoy the discussion. Healthcare Kaizen: 5…
