Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is by Duke Rohe of the Office of Performance Improvement at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I’ve met Duke many times at the annual Society for Health Systems conference and he’s always a pleasure…
Mark’s note: Here’s the latest in the series by a guest blogger, Paul Serafino. Click here to read earlier posts in this series about leaders who have no one to formally lead. By Paul Serafino: The second strategy in this…
Mark’s note: When I first started in healthcare, I worked for a team called ValuMetrix Services, a part of Johnson & Johnson that did consulting for labs and healthcare organizations. During that time, I got to work with Tony Milian.…
Mark’s note: Last week, I published a post by Paul Serafino titled “3 Strategies for #Lean Leaders Who Have No One to Lead.” Today, and for the next two Tuesdays, Paul shares each of those strategies. Click here for the…
Mark’s note: Today’s post is by a new guest blogger, Paul Serafino. This initial post will be followed by a series of three posts with strategies that he tees up in this post. By Paul Serafino: The door to the…
Mark’s Note: Here is another guest post from Drew Locher. I’m hoping that he’ll contribute occasionally to the blog as a guest author. My podcast with him is coming soon… please do read his “part 1” of this post and then…
Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post comes via my friends at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, who suggested this case study from Salem Health. You might remember my post from 2012 where I shared a video of some of their senior…
Mark’s note: Today’s post is a guest contribution from Paul Critchley. Check out his previous posts here. As a long time Lean practitioner (and now Lean consultant), I have been asked lots of questions about Lean over the years. There’s…
Mark's Note: I asked Paul Critchley to blog about this article from The Atlantic that I read recently: "Why L.L. Bean's Boots Keep Selling Out." You might want to read that first. Here's Paul's post: As a New Englander (and native Mainer) L.L. Bean holds a special place in my heart. For many, L.L. Bean represents everything...
As a Lean change agent, I've made a lot of mistakes. Some mistakes I recognized early and recovered from; others were a blind spot that affected outcomes and success of the assignment. A few still haunt me from time to time when I suffer a case of "woulda, coulda, shoulda."
I used to like the slogan, “Lean and Green are two sides of the same coin.” I even used it as a tagline in presentations in which I was arguing that there is a potential for significant synergy between the Lean and sustainability programs in my company.
Many industries face the compliance conundrum. The compliance conundrum occurs when staying in regulatory compliance interferes with business as usual operations. In highly regulated industries, where regulating bodies conduct periodic audits, the strain of the compliance conundrum is even more apparent.
