Tag: Change
Better Change Leadership as a Countermeasure to “Resistance to Lean”
Having a model like this helps prevent errors, such as jumping to implement Lean tools before the organization understands WHY change is necessary. You have to engage and enroll people in change, not just force things on them.
I am convinced that the ExperienceChange simulations, either Lakeview or GlobalTech, are a great way to learn and practice.
The Kaizen Approach to Getting Others Comfortable with Sushi
I'll be blogging a lot more about my recent trip to Japan with Kaizen Institute, including the site visits and our lessons learned.
I had...
Fighting “We’ve Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball
I found a picture (posted by Jamie Voster on LinkedIn) and I re-shared it through my account. Neither Jamie nor I know where the...
Struggle with Change? Engagement Kata, The Essential Tool in the Innovation...
Mark's Note: Today's post is by Dr. Mark Jaben, following up our recent podcast discussion. See his previous guest posts.
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Guest Post: The Best #Lean Offense Isn’t Defense
Mark's note: Christina Kach is our guest blogger today, with a post written on a flight back from visiting what's considered to be one...
Podcast #193 – Mark Jaben, MD on Lean, Change, and Our...
My guest for episode #193 is Mark Jaben, MD, talking about our brains, Lean, and change. Mark has been a guest blogger for me...
Video: Influencing Hand Hygiene Behaviors
A friend shared this fun video about how to influence hand washing behavior amongst a group of 12 kids. As the introduction points out,...
Is Lean Management a “Slow Idea”?
I just read Dr. Atul Gawande's latest piece in the New Yorker: "Slow Ideas: Some innovations spread fast. How do you speed the ones...
Watching the Steve Jobs “Lost Interview,” Part 2
As I started writing about yesterday in Part 1, I recently viewed a lost video of Steve Jobs being interviewed in 1995. See this...
Guest Post: The Tides of Change
Mark's note: Ankit Patel is a returning guest blogger and a good friend in the world of Lean and Lean Healthcare. Check out his...
More Improvement Requires Less “Change Management”?
As I worked on co-authoring Healthcare Kaizen, I dove deeper into my study of "kaizen" practices and mindsets, revisiting many core books on kaizen...
Changes in Mac OS X “Lion” and Parallels to Workplace Changes
It's nowhere near as important as yesterday's topic of employee and patient safety, but my last two days of using the new Mac OS...
