Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 27th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…
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Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Speech at the AME Conference in Dallas
It was a real treat to hear Larry Culp, the CEO of General Electric and CEO of GE Aerospace, speak at the AME 2022…
Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and…
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My guest for Episode #461 of the Lean…
Reading About Lean at GE in Italy Makes Me Hungry for Pizza, While Savoring…
You might have noticed that the cover image for this post shows a Neopolitan pizza and a traditional wood-burning…
Nicole Tschierske: Lean Reduces Stress and Burnout in the Workplace
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My guest for Episode #443 of the Lean Blog…
Telling People to Be Courageous vs. Making it Safe to Speak Up
I saw an interesting post on Linkedin recently, with a list of rules for a Kaizen Event team. It's a solid list…
Adam Lawrence on The Wheel of Sustainability
My guest for Episode #362 is Adam Lawrence, managing partner with Process Improvement Partners LLC.
He's an…
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online:
"Keen to Be Lean"
The sub headline talks…
You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate 16 Weeks of Staff Time to…
How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“?…
“Learning to be Lean” – An Inside Look at a Rapid Improvement…
There's a really good article that was published by Modern Healthcare as a special report, written by Sabriya Rice.…
This Chart Shows My “Kaizen Kickoff” Boosted This Hospital’s…
I recently wrote a blog post for KaiNexus titled "How Kaizen Software Helps Me Be A Better Coach." I've done a lot…
Read What This Hospital CEO Says on His Blog About Lean and Kaizen
Hospital CEOs are busy people, to say the least, but a big part of their leadership role includes communication…
Just Do It? Don’t Forget to Then Just Study It and Just Adjust It
I had a great conversation with my fellow Lean healthcare blogger, Brian Buck, the other day. We talk about once a…
Day 2 Notes: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014
Today is the second and final day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter…
Article about Lean in Two Sioux Falls Health Systems
I recently saw an article about Avera Medical Group and Sanford Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: "Health…
Kaizen Tip: Just Do Its and Root Causes
In the Kaizen process, we ask everybody to identify problems (or opportunities) and then to write down an idea that…
Digital Pathology Software Company PathXL on Their Journey to Becoming a Lean…
Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post by Nial Toner, who works for PathXL in the UK. I thought this was an…
SF General Adopts Lean, Faces a Big Test with a “Never Event”
They just started a year ago (better late than never?), but San Francisco General Hospital had its Lean efforts…