Commemorating 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...
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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2022
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…
Employee Ideas and Other Improvement Work at UMass Memorial Health
I hope you'll check out the recording of a webinar / panel discussion that I hosted via KaiNexus:
Managing…
The Video From the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan
When I visited the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan (see my previous blog posts about it), they had a display that…
How a Small Test of Change Can Prevent Bigger Mistakes – A Webinar Platform…
In the history of our KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series, we've used a few platforms over time. We…
Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and…
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My guest for Episode #461 of the Lean…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 26nd, 2022
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…
Alan Robinson on Continuous Improvement for All and Practical Innovation in…
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My guest for Episode #451 of the Lean…
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 10th, 2022
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing…
Kaizen: An Exotic Word, Common Sense Principles for Healthcare
We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the publication of the book that I co-authored with Joe Swartz…
Looking for Waste and Bad Process at the Order Grill from Portlandia
I love the show "Portlandia" and I also love the "Toast Kaizen" video. I bet the latter is more well known and is…
This WSJ Article About Lean Isn’t Terrible (Thanks to GE and CEO Larry Culp)
The Wall Street Journal has an epic track record when it comes to always getting it wrong when they write about…
What Does Kaizen Suggest About How to Incentivize People to Submit Ideas?
I received a question from a healthcare leader who had read about the "idea card" format and method that Joe…
The Simple, Cheap Improvement I Made to My iPhone MagSafe Charger
When I first learned about "wireless" charging for devices like my iPhone, I was a skeptic.
"How hard is it to…
Auctioning “Healthcare Kaizen” for a Good Cause
My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I were happy to donate a signed copy of our book, Healthcare Kaizen, to be part…
Three Interviews with KaiNexus Customers on Their Continuous Improvement Journeys
I recently had the opportunity to interview people from three different organizations that are KaiNexus customers,…
Improvements to the Covid Vaccination Process — Small and Large (and Hockey…
In this era of Covid--19 vaccination, I'm still pretty much sidelined and not on site with any clients, although I…
Katie Labedz on “How to Improve Absolutely Anything”
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My guest for Episode #408 of…