Tag: Books
What Are Barriers to “Kaizen” in Healthcare?
Regular readers might know that I'm working on a second book project, about "kaizen" (continuous improvement) in healthcare. Sign up to receive more info...
Podcast #113 – Aubrey Daniels, PhD, “Safe by Accident?”
Episode #113 is a discussion with Aubrey Daniels, PhD, the founder and chairman of his firm Aubrey Daniels International. Today, we are talking about...
Naida Grunden, A Discussion About Lean, Aviation Safety, Captain Sullenberger, and...
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Episode #112 is a chat with Naida Grunden, the author of the outstanding book The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using...
Podcast #111, Jeffrey Liker on Toyota’s Challenges and His New Books
Episode #111 brings us some time with Professor Jeffrey Liker from the University of Michigan, the well-known author of many books in the The...
Podcast #108 – Gwendolyn Galsworth, Respect for People and “Work That...
Episode #108 is a discussion with Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, recorded in person at the 2010 Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake City. Gwendolyn was...
Announcement: Working on a 2nd Revised, New Edition of “Lean Hospitals”
Happy New Year! Today, I will have two posts that are embarrassingly self referential. Then back to normal stuff tomorrow.
My main announcement is that...
Podcast #105 – Bill Waddell & Adam Zak, “Simple Excellence”
Podcast #105 is a conversation with the co-authors of the new book Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation...
Mini-Review: First Three Chapters of the Virginia Mason Medical Center Lean...
I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience, and...
Interview with Masaaki Imai – Ohno and Respect for People
The Kaizen Institute website has posted an excellent text Q&A with Masaaki Imai, who you might recognize as the author of the relatively early...
Podcast #103 – Matthew E. May, “The Shibumi Strategy”
My guest for Episode #103 is Matthew E. May, returning to talk about his latest book, a business fable called The Shibumi Strategy: A Powerful...
Follow Up Q&A from “On the Mend” Webinar
The Lean Enterprise Institute has posted the follow up text Q&A by John Toussaint MD and Roger Gerard PhD, co-authors of the book On...
Dave Crenshaw, Interview with the Author of ‘The Myth of Multitasking’...
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Wow, 100 episodes of my podcast since 2006! For this episode, I'm thankful to have the author of one of my favorite books in...
