Tag: Healthcare

tl;dr: In this post, Mark discusses the concept of "Model Lines" and "Model Cells" as strategies for Lean transformation. He outlines how these designated...

In this post, I'll present a parody video of Keith Olbermann's "worst persons in the sports world" videos. I don't know how much overlap there...

Call it summer laziness, but I'm going to follow up my Throwback Thursday feature with a what I'll call a "Flashback Friday" along with...

Joining me once again on the podcast today is John Toussaint, MD, the founder and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. We're...

Thanks to my friends in the Michigan Quality System group, the internal Lean group at the University of Michigan Health System. They shared a video...

As I wrote about last month, I love newspapers, so I felt like I fit into the culture last week when I spent five...

Before I head out on vacation, here is a reader question that I am sharing for your input.I'm sharing this with permission and I'm...

My wife and I are getting ready to leave tomorrow night for a two-week vacation, so it jogged my memory about this story I...

Today's post is a throwback to an essay that I originally wrote for the excellent book Lean-Led Hospital Design: Creating the Efficient Hospital of the...

The Wall St Journal loves writing about how "Just In Time" (JIT) is a risky inventory strategy. See my past posts about how the...

I've been intrigued by the "Lean Startup" movement since I first saw Eric Ries speak at MIT back in late 2009. I've read his...

When I teach about Kaizen and continuous improvement, I try to use scenarios and cases to help people think through how they would respond...