Tag: Culture

I've long been skeptical of so-called "Lean Sigma" or "Lean Six Sigma." And not because I'm against Six Sigma statistical methods, which are valid...

I recently wrote about my exploration of the collected papers of the late Don Ephlin, a UAW senior leader and a professor of mine at...

We've been having a great time at the KaiNexus User Conference. Check out key moments and tweets at the hashtag #KaiNexusUC16 on Twitter. To kick...

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...

Last year, I wrote a blog post about the intersection of two things I like a lot: Kaizen and whiskey: "Why Kaizen is an...

Continuing from Part 1 of my post about my first day of my first China trip, I'd like to share more about the Lean...

Mark's Note: This is another guest post by Drew Locher (check out past posts and my podcast with him). There's been a lot in...

My guest for episode #249 of the podcast is Steve Leuschel, author of the book Lean Culture Change: Using a Daily Management System. You can find...

Today's post is an addendum from Saturday's post on the apparent death of a health system Lean program: "Why Would a New Healthcare CEO...

I want to express my gratitude to Joe Swartz and his colleagues at Franciscan St. Francis Health for hosting our "Kaizen Live!" event. Yesterday...

Listen: Episode #246 is my second episode in recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week. My guest is Steve Montague, who talked about Lean and Crew Resource Management...

Each Saturday, I get an email newsletter from the UK-based site "Nursing Times." Last week, this article, caught my eye: "Workplace principles revealed for NHS staff in Wales." A free registration might be required to read it or other articles, but it's worth it.