Tag: Healthcare Kaizen

Registration is Open! “Kaizen Live!” at Franciscan St. Francis Health, May...

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Registration is now open for our “Kaizen Live!” event, where you can visit Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis to see what a “culture of continuous improvement” is like in a way that will help you in creating the same for your organization.

#KaizenLive: Asking, Not Telling… Not Just About Solutions, But About Problems

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Wow, we had a great time at Franciscan St. Francis Health this week. We had the "Kaizen Live!" class and workshop Monday through Wednesday....

#KaizenLive: Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement Takes Time, Other Reflections

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

Podcast #242 – Staff & Leaders Talk About the Culture of...

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Episode #242 is unique in that it's a collection of audio clips from videos that Joe Swartz and I shot in late 2014 at...

Kaizen Live! 2016 – See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at...

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Last year, Joe Swartz and I hosted a workshop at his organization, Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis. We called it “Kaizen Live!” and it was designed as an opportunity to see a culture of continuous improvement – what does it look like? What do people say?We lay this out in our Healthcare Kaizen books...

Franciscan Kaizen Video #8: A Hospital Manager Makes Time for Kaizen

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It's been a little while, but here's a new video about Kaizen and continuous improvement from our friends at Franciscan St. Francis Health in...

Gemba in the NICU: More Notes from our “Kaizen Live” Experience...

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In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I came to call "Kaizen Live," I...

How this Kaizen Prevents New Moms From Feeling Like They’re Being...

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I wanted to share a recent Kaizen improvement story that I heard from a hospital. Great things can happen when we: Listen to our patients Take action...

Some Highlights from Last Week’s “Kaizen Live” Event at Franciscan St....

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Last Wednesday and Thursday, I collaborated with Joe Swartz and a countless number of his colleagues to host 24 visitors from different health systems (and...

We’re Ready for #KaizenLive on Wednesday & Thursday – Join Us...

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Joe Swartz and I have been working for a while to put together our first onsite Kaizen workshop at his health system, Franciscan St....

Upcoming Lean Healthcare Events – Webinars, Workshop, Conference, and Trip

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Hi - I'd let to let you know about or remind you about a few upcoming events that I'll be a part of. I hope...

Practicing What We Preach: Kaizen for the Kaizen Cards

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I do my best to "practice what I preach" in terms of Lean and Kaizen principles and spirit. No, I don't have tape outlines...