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…
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Visiting and Touring the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 2
Last week, I wrote a post (part 1) looking back at our visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi factory that was part of our …
Throwback Thursday: GM Got Gamed & The Original Intent of Their Standup…
Continuing the "Throwback Thursday" theme for the 10th anniversary of my blog, today's post looks back at and…
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…
A Hotel, Time Quotas, Systemic Problems, and Employees Not Having the Right Tools
I travel a lot and, thanks to my work, I'm pretty well attuned to the idea of not blaming individuals for systemic…
Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories
If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota…
Visiting Two Japanese Hospitals with an Eye for Lean; I Can’t Wait to Go…
In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study…
Happy Nurses Week – Lean Can Help
This week starts the celebration of International Nurses Week, which leads up to Nurses Day on May 12, which is the…
More on Lean in Saskatchewan
Since the healthcare improvement work I do is apolitical and non-partisan, I'm generally not one to butt into the…
What I’m Reading 8/29/13: Forcing Happiness, Saving $$ By Not Using Your…
As we move into the Labor Day weekend, I need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe…
Nice Toyota Production System Intro Video from the UK
A Toyota employee, pictured at left, pulls an andon cord in a video shared by Toyota UK: Factory to Forecourt…
Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn’t Come Naturally?
Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't…
Questions about and Lessons from a Steering Wheel Falling Off
In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in…
The BBC on Lean Production – Comparing Toyota & Ford
BBC NEWS | Business | The triumph of lean production
The BBC highlights lean practices and provides a stunning…