Tag: Books

The Advice about Lean That Your Hospital CEO Should Be Getting

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Art Byrne's latest book, The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, has a lot of great tips that he's trying to share, CEO to CEO. How many CEOs are reading this book and heeding his advice, in manufacturing or in healthcare?

“Practicing Lean” is Now a Paperback Book!

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Our collaborative eBook project, Practicing Lean, has raised over $1000 so far for the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. The book is now available as a paperback book through Amazon, in addition to the Kindle Store and LeanPub.com. Please check it out!

Podcast #263 – Pascal Dennis, “Andy & Me and the Hospital”

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Joining me for Episode #263 is another returning guest, Pascal Dennis (@AuthorPascal on Twitter). He was previously a guest on Episodes #96 and #239, talking...

Podcast #244 – @DanMarkovitz, “Building the Fit Organization,” Part 2

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Joining me again for Episode #244 is Dan Markovitz (@DanMarkovitz on Twitter). Today's episode is part 2 of our discussion about his most recent book Building the Fit Organization:...

I Wish I Could Say I Intentionally Made This Mistake to...

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As I mentioned on Monday, I'm working on a 3rd revised edition of my book Lean Hospitals. Traditional book publishing is a funny (and sometimes frustrating)...

Practicing Lean: A Comprehensive eBook on Lean Implementation Lessons

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Launch anouncement: It's been 20 years now since I graduated from college and started working with the Lean methodology. The first ten years of...

Podcast #227 – Ruthie Davis & Steve Cook on “Do The...

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Joining me for episode #227 are Ruthie Davis and Stephen Cook, talking about the book that they edited, Do the Right Thing: Real Life Stories...

First Look: “Management on the Mend” by Dr. John Toussaint

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At this year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (see my summary here) Dr. John Toussaint talked about and introduced his newly released book Management on the...

Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital [Book]

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Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's recommendation. It was probably one of...

Podcast #217 – Interview with Alan Robinson, Co-Author of The Idea-Driven...

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Our guest today is Alan G. Robinson, PhD, an award-winning author, educator, researcher and consultant. He has co-authored six books, including Modern Approaches to Manufacturing...

Podcast #214: Michael Ballé, Lead With Respect, His New Lean Management...

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Listen Today's guest is Michael Ballé, an author of many novels about Lean management, published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. He joins us for this episode...

“Four Days with Dr. Deming” – Key Points from a Quality...

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I had planned on chilling out over the holidays by reading some books that aren't related to Lean, Kaizen, etc. Novels are not normally...