#TBT: #Lean & #Baldrige at Mary Greeley Medical Center; Upcoming Webinar on…
I'm really happy to be playing the role of host for this free webinar that's being presented next Friday, March…
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Free Webinar Recording on #Lean Collaboration Across Companies and Industries
I hope you'll join me to view a KaiNexus webinar that I'm hosted today. The topic is near and dear to my heart (as…
Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement at…
Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center …
How Do You Find a Lean Healthcare Person?
Mark's Note: Today's guest post is from a great friend of mine and this blog, Dean Bliss, of the Iowa Healthcare…
Free “Lean 101” Webinar (& More) from the Iowa Healthcare…
Thanks to my good friend Dean Bliss of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. You might recognize Dean as a frequent…
Lots of Great Lean Healthcare Progress in Iowa
Thanks to Dean Bliss for sending an article to me about some of the great Lean healthcare work taking place in…
Healthcare Value Leaders Network: Podcasts and More
Here's a quick update on some of our latest projects in the Healthcare Value Leaders Network.
Our 2nd annual…
Another “Bad 5S” Example
leanblog.org | Lean Blog: Bad Lean/5S Hits the UK Media
I presented yesterday and had a great day (meeting…
LeanBlog Podcast #46 — Dean Bliss, Lean Healthcare
Episode #46 is a chat with a good friend of the Lean Blog, Dean Bliss, a Lean Improvement Specialist with the…
Iowa Healthcare Leadership and Lean
Leadership Symposium (Iowa)It sure seems like Iowa gets mentioned here on the blog quite a bit, for lean…
Toyota plan aids U of I hospital efficiency
DesMoinesRegister.comMore good lean news coming out of Iowa, this time in the "lean healthcare" world there.…
Iowa and Lean, Once Again
Making Iowa more business friendly a goal for lawmakersIowa sure pops up quite a bit in the lean news, between…
"Iowa is a Manufacturing State"
DesMoinesRegister.com
Interesting to see that Iowa's manufacturing economy is six times bigger than agriculture.…
Iowa manufacturing can survive: Lean manufacturing just one tool to guarantee it
DesMoinesRegister.comMore discussion about the future of Iowa manufacturing, with a focus on lean. Iowa has been…
Town Fears Being Hung Out to Dry By Maytag Sale
WSJ.com - (subscription required) | A free link here (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)The gist of this article is that…
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Forbes.com
Some stories here about the impact of lean manufacturing on two companies in Pella, Iowa. The article…
Lean Training through Iowa Community Colleges
The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Online!Here's a nice example of some community lean training. The wider we can…