We tip for coffee. We tip at salons. We (somehow) tip at self-checkout kiosks now. So… why not tip for Kaizen (continuous improvement) activity? At KaiNexus, we’ve been thinking a lot (especially at this time of year) about how to…
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After the paperback launch of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, many of you have asked, “What are you writing next?” No really, some of you have asked this. I’ve given this a lot of…
As a senior advisor to KaiNexus and somebody who has been a member of the team since 2011, it’s been amazing to see how the company has grown and developed. What started as a relatively simple online Kaizen application, the…
It's time for another new, revised edition of my book! The 4th edition is the fastest new edition yet, since the world is changing quickly and increasingly uncertain. Hospitals need to react now! Do something! Cut costs! Reduce costs! Slash costs!
View the post that inspired this “listicle.” Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and to stay in business, and to provide jobs Adopt the new philosophy. We are in a…
Hi, Dr. Les Muda here. You might know me from DoctorMuda.com and my occasional “guest appearances” here, including the one post I was brave enough to write here at LeanBlog.org under my own name. Be sure to check out my new…
Updated 4/2/14: Yes, this was an April Fool’s joke :-) Today, I’m really excited to share with you the 10 best Lean management secrets that I’ve compiled through my own experiences and from interviewing hundreds of Lean leaders in different industries.…
After the nice response to Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, I often get asked, “So, what’s your next book going to be?” (other than the upcoming Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen, that is). I’ve had people suggest writing something about…
Every few years, we see news articles about virtual reality robots that will roam hospital hallways – delivering medicines or supplies or allowing remote physicians to examine and communicate with patients in far-off locales who might not otherwise get to…
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 is a new app (a pair of apps, actually) that you can use to create and…
Note: I edited the post title on April 3 to make it clear this was an April Fool’s Joke. Comments posted by readers on 4/1 and 4/2 may have been “fooled” – thanks for taking the joke in good spirits.…
