Tag: A3
Dr. Mark Jaben on Lean, Change, and How Our Brains Respond...
My guest for episode #193 is Mark Jaben, MD, talking about our brains, Lean, and change. Mark has been a guest blogger for me...
‘Lean and Green’ is Free
Mark's note: What follows is a guest post by Keivan Zokaei about the necessary and unsurprisingly overlap between Lean principles and environmental stewardship. I...
A Lean Guy Visits Scott & White Hospital – Leader Standard...
Hosted by Steve Hoeft, author of the book Stories from My Sensei: Two Decades of Lessons Learned Implementing Toyota-Style Systems, I had a chance...
Toyota Brings TPS & The Toyota Way to India – The...
Here's a fascinating article: "How Toyota brought its famed manufacturing method to India."
The piece starts with a story about a classic Toyota management practice...
Start the New Year with “The Spirit of Kaizen” (Small Baby...
As we enter the new year, it's a great time to reflect back on 2012 - what worked and what didn't work... what do...
The Newtown Tragedy – Our National Response and Problem Solving
As are many people across the United States and around the world, I'm saddened by the violence that claimed so many lives Friday in...
Videos: Lean in Daily Work at the University of Michigan Health...
If your organization blocks access to YouTube... shame on them. The videos I'm sharing here are two reasons you should insist they open access...
A Hard Habit to Break: Why Lean Problem Solving Fails When...
TL;DR: In Lean problem solving, the hardest habit to break is jumping to solutions too early. Effective PDCA and A3 thinking require discipline in...
Two Lean Jobs in the New York HHC
The country's largest public health system, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has two Lean healthcare jobs available and they've asked me...
Continuing Experiments in Self Publishing & Lean Publishing
After my first experiment with the great Leanpub.com service (my "Best of Lean Blog 2011" eBook), I was happy to see my good friend...
Guest Post: The Chain of Improvement
Mark's note: Today's guest post is from Dr. Mark Jaben. I first met Mark in person at Cindy Jimmerson's Lean Healthcare West conference in...
The “A3 Sensei” iPad App That Required Two iPads (April Fools...
Today, I'm happy to bring you an interview, conducted via Skype Chat, with Baka Eipuriru, inventor of a new iPad app called "A3 Sensei." It...
