Celebrating & Sharing Continuous Improvement at Mary Greeley Medical Center
I really enjoyed spending the last two days at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa the last two days.
On…
The One Where @TheNerdyNurse Talks About the Power of #Lean in Healthcare
It's one thing to hear Lean professionals or specialists talking about the power of this methodology to improve…
“The New Lean Hospitals Are Here!”
Yesterday was an exciting day for me, professionally and personally, as I received my first copies of the 3rd…
Updates: NICU Innovation, Labs, MLB Netting, VA Waiting (and Cheating)
I recently saw some updates and new details related to some topics I've covered here on the blog, so I'm combining…
What Virginia Mason’s CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan Warns Against With #Lean
Dr. Gary Kaplan is the CEO of Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center, considered one of the world leaders in the…
“Practicing Lean” Excerpt – Lessons from Japan
I've recently updated the eBook Practicing Lean to include a new ninth chapter, submitted by Samuel Selay. Other…
Some of My Recent KaiNexus Blog Posts: Toyota vs. Google, Kaizen, & Visual…
In addition to my blogging here, I write occasionally for our blog over at KaiNexus.com, where we have multiple…
Kaizen Live! 2016 – See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan…
Last year, Joe Swartz and I hosted a workshop at his organization, Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis.…
HBR Article on Avoiding the Futility of Suggestion Systems
Burris has a new article on the Harvard Business Review website: “Employee Suggestion Schemes Don’t Have to Be…
Giving Thanks for Lean, Kaizen, and Improvement (& A New Chapter from Paul…
Thursday is the American holiday of Thanksgiving, so I'm going to take the rest of the week off (and many of you…
Trying Too Hard to Force Innovation (or Kaizen) Can Backfire
The W. Edwards Deming Institute posted a video of Kevin Cahill, a grandson of Dr. Deming, welcoming people to the…
Gemba in the NICU: More Notes from our “Kaizen Live” Experience at…
In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I…
Some Highlights from Last Week’s “Kaizen Live” Event at…
Last Wednesday and Thursday, I collaborated with Joe Swartz and a countless number of his colleagues to host 24…
10 More Reasons to Come See Kaizen at Franciscan St. Francis Health This April
You Still Have Time to Register
Update -- you can also learn more and register for our April 2016 event via…
#Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital
Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's…
10 Ways That Lean Concepts Respect & Support Healthcare Staff
Lean provides a philosophy and a management model that should be nothing but good for staff and patients. The idea…
Stuff I’m Reading March 2015: Womack, Sweatshops, Hospitals, and Surveys
As often happens, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about.…
Kaizen: Giving Seven Days’ Grace on a New Idea [Video]
Here's another video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See…