Tag: Healthcare

I forget what hospital these charts are even from, but it doesn't really matter. It's become more common, in my gemba visits, to see...

Launch anouncement: It's been 20 years now since I graduated from college and started working with the Lean methodology. The first ten years of...

Later next month, at the Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference, I'm facilitating the famous "Red Bead Experiment" of W. Edwards Deming (sometimes referred to as the...

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...

In healthcare, it's a well-known problem that people often don't speak up to point out risks or to report near misses. It's an organizational...

I saw this story when it originally appeared online as part of a local public radio station in California. It was now picked up nationally...

Thanks to Dr. Russell B. Kerbel and Khin-Kyemon Aung for interviewing me for the journal, "Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation." It's an open access...

I've been studying and working with Lean for 20 years now and I love Lean because I'm still learning and getting better at this...

tl;dr: The blog post discusses how a sushi company's policy letter offers invaluable lessons for hospitals aiming for operational excellence. It advocates for adopting...

I did a similar post in 2012, but here's a post where I share some recent NPR stories that I've heard recently (through the...

I've gone to Japan twice now with Kaizen Institute to study Lean with healthcare professionals from around the world. I first went in 2012,...

My guests for episode #226 are Steve Hoeft and Dr. Robert (Bob) Pryor from Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas. Bob serves as President, Chief...