Tag: Bodek

I volunteered to give a presentation last Friday for the North Texas Society for Healthcare Risk Management, where  I was able to debut some...

As regular readers know, I'm working on a second book: Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Improvements. My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I...

In discussions of "kaizen" (the Japanese word that is translated to "continuous improvement" or "change for the better"), I often hear of organizations talk...

Celebrate Norm's birthday by checking out one of our audio or video podcasts that we've done together (the audio podcast was actually his idea,...

Also available as Video Podcast #11, Episode #95 of the LeanBlog Podcast features  Norman Bodek talking about some of the ideas in his most recent...

Video #11 features  Norman Bodek talking about some of the ideas in his most recent book, How to do Kaizen: A new path to...

I'm here at the Shingo Prize conference for the second year in a row. Lots of good networking and talks/panels. I'll share a few...

In this post, I'm going to tell you about some upcoming Lean events I'm involved in - planning, producing, or participating. Eric Ries "Lean Startups"...

Happy New Year to my blog readers! Do you have any "lean resolutions" for the year 2010? Feel free to share them, if you...

In the past week, I found two articles about hospitals that are engaging staff members through suggestion programs.  Employee suggestions are a core part...

Video #7 is a continuation of Episode #3 with Norman Bodek recounting his early trips to Japan and learning about kaizen, just in time,...

I blogged earlier about the Obama administration's announcement that the healthcare industry is promising $2 Trillion in savings (reduced cost increases) over the next...