Podcast #344 – David B. Reid, P.E., Lean & Kaizen Across Chick-fil-A…
David Reid
Joining me for Episode #344 is David Reid, a mechanical engineer whose career has taken him from…
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Come See a Culture of Continuous Improvement at Franciscan Health This October!
Registration is open for "Kaizen Live!" -- the 2019 edition.
Joe Swartz and I are excited to announce that…
Inside Toyota’s Takaoka #2 Line – Flexibility and Kaizen
This is an interesting article:
Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World
I…
Lean: A Combination of “Why?” and “Why Not?”
When we have really sticky, complicated problems (like the widespread healthcare patient safety and quality…
When Having a Process Improvement Idea Means You’re Weak?
I guess I'm wired for improvement. Or, it's just become a habit. Or, it's both.
I celebrate moments when I can…
Is “Kaizen” a Slogan or a Methodology for the Seattle Mariners?
Here is an interesting article that a few people pointed me toward the other day about the Seattle Mariners team:
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Another Example of Small Steps as a Starting Point for Success
You might remember one of my favorite podcasts was with Dr. Bob Maurer of UCLA, author of two great books on the…
Personal Kaizen: The Elliptical, My iPhone, and Focus
I like to exercise, and it's important to me and my health. I've never been a runner (bad knees), so I prefer…
A Concern I Heard about Kaizen at a Veterinary Leadership Conference… It…
I was honored to get to present with my friend Chip Ponsford, DVM at the Veterinary Leadership Conference that was…
Kaizen Upon Kaizen: My Online Meeting Scheduling System
Reminder: Today is the last day to enter the giveaway contest that's giving away a set of two books: My book…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Keep Moving Forward
Let's commemorate Monday's national holiday for Dr. King with a look back at my post from 2012:
A Lean Lesson…
For Big Leaps With New Year’s Resolutions, Start With Baby Steps
Thanks to the Lean Enterprise Institute for publishing my article about Kaizen, new habits, and New Year's…
Why Would You Go Back To Japan? Haven’t You Been There, Done That?
When I got back from Japan a few weeks back, somebody at a hospital client of mine asked me:
"Why go back to…
GE Gets a Lean CEO — From the Outside
Jet lag, even well managed and planned for, meant I was awake early on a Sunday morning. Over breakfast, I read…
More on Teaching TQM, TPS, Lean, and Kaizen to Doctors in Japan Part 3 in a series…
In the third and final part of this series, I share more about how Toyota teaches about TPS and TQM... and how they…
Kaizen in the Garrison Brothers Bourbon Bottle Dipping Process
I'm excited that our sold-out "Symposium on Learning Organizations" group will be visiting Toyota's San Antonio…
TQM at Toyota and the Influence on Lean – Past and Present, Japan and U.S. …
I'm very excited to be leaving for Japan for another study trip in just over a month. This will be my second trip…
Are You a Good Coach? An Effective Coach? HBR Says You Might Not Be
Some colleagues recently sent me a Harvard Business Review article that has a fairly accusatory title, although…