Tag: Japan

This October, I'll be returning to Japan for another Lean healthcare study trip--my seventh time overall and my fifth healthcare-focused visit. With each visit, I...

During my most recent visit to Japan (as part of a tour hosted by Katie Anderson), we spent time in several remarkable organizations where...

When people hear I'm leading another Lean Healthcare study trip to Japan, they often ask: "Are Japanese hospitals more Lean than American hospitals?" It's a fair...

One of the most important, and most misunderstood, principles in Lean thinking is this: Lean is not a cost-cutting strategy. Lean is a people-development strategy. If...

One of the most persistent myths I've encountered over the years goes something like this: "Well, of course they can do Lean... they're Japanese." I've heard...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #527 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dave Fitzpatrick, co-founder of...

Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Before I departed for my recent workshop tour of Australia and New Zealand, I knew that I would learn things in the process of...

The NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) experiment remains one of the most remarkable stories in automotive history. As part of Katie Anderson's fantastic...

Before Katie Anderson's Japan Study Trip in November, I was able to spend six days in Kyoto and Tokyo with two friends (one of...

During Katie Anderson's #JapanStudyTrip this past November, a participant shared an observation with me that resonated deeply: "The biggest challenge is our blame culture. It's...

Listen: It's Episode 49 of the Lean Whiskey podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban! Mark shares tales of his holiday / study tour trip to...