What I’m Reading: Paul Levy’s Blog
I sometimes do a "What I'm Reading" post where I share links to good stuff I've read recently. Today, I'm…
Notes from #IHI09 Day 2: Paul Levy
Paul Levy on Transparency, Social Media, and Quality
Following up and continuing this morning's post about…
New Book by @PaulFLevy – “Goal Play!” with Lessons for…
Paul Levy, the former CEO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a long time friend of mine and this…
How Does a Loving & Caring Organization Get Accused of Treating People This…
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is the oldest children's hospitals in the United States. I don't think…
#Lean Enterprise Institute Announces New CEO
The Lean Enterprise Institute (a former employer of mine from 2009 to 2011) has announced a new CEO, the third in…
What’s Up at Virginia Mason Medical Center? Top Rankings & Joint…
I want to preface this post by saying it's mostly about questions, not answers. I've had many readers and…
Throwback Thursday: HBR on Taylorism vs Toyota
In the midst of the discussion about the NEJM article, John Shook of LEI (a former Toyota employee) pointed me to…
Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New…
In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular…
Dr. Don Berwick is “Stunned” By How Few Organizations Study Deming
One of the first people in healthcare to be influenced by Deming’s work is Dr. Don Berwick, founder of the…
Fear of speaking up is a broader problem, not just in military medicine
Announcement: Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing a new webinar for KaiNexus on "More Leadership Behaviors That…
Read What This Hospital CEO Says on His Blog About Lean and Kaizen
Hospital CEOs are busy people, to say the least, but a big part of their leadership role includes communication…
My Thoughts on “10 Ideas That Hospital and Health System CEOs Need to…
I saw this piece by Bob Herman at Becker's Hospital Review and ended up writing a blog post here instead of writing…
A Few Recent Articles by (and a Podcast with) Mark Graban: Lean Healthcare,…
Here are a few articles (and a podcast) that I either wrote and had published recently or was interviewed for.…
Lean Thinking: We Don’t Blame Individuals for Systemic Errors
I saw this video last night on Paul Levy's blog and it's important enough that I want to share it here with a few…
Is it Lean’s Fault or the Old Management System’s?
It's easy for an organization to say they are "doing Lean" or they have "started a Lean transformation." They might…
Weekend Fun: Lean in a British Hospital Soap Opera
Hat tip to Paul Levy for sharing this video originally in his blog post.
Here is the video (you just have to…
A Health System CEO, Gary Passama, Blogs About Lean
It's great to see CEOs blogging and sharing transparently on the web, sharing their views, stories, and opinions.…
Management Improvement Carnival #197: Lean & Deming
Again, I'm very happy to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat management improvement blog. My…