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#Lean Thoughts While Watching Football
I've blogged about football before - I should say "American football," since I have many international readers. I…
Airplane Food: Flight Attendant Kaizen or a Violation of Standardized Work?
Today's blog post is about airplane food. It's not about the quality of airplane food... it's not an SNL…
The Coming Auto Industry Battle: Toyota’s People vs. Tesla’s Robots?
Here's an interesting article from Fast Company: At Toyota, The Automation Is Human-Powered The sub headline reads:…
Great White Paper: “No More Projects” (or “More Than…
I really enjoyed and appreciated this new white paper that was written by Dr. Lisa Yerian and Nate Hurle from The…
Small Steps are the Best Path to Sustainable Big Results?
I am always happy to see something even vaguely related to the practice of Kaizen in mainstream publications.…
#TBT: Idea-Driven Organizations are Still a Great Idea
Today, we're looking back at a podcast that I did back in 2015 with Alan G. Robinson, PhD, co-author of many…
Dr. Don Berwick on Respect and Change at the Front Lines – and Executive…
Back in 2012, I blogged twice about aspects of Dr. Donald M. Berwick's 1989 article in the New England Journal of…
5 Years Since the Publication of “Healthcare Kaizen” –…
One thing I like about Facebook is the way it reminds you about things that happened on this date in previous…
Do you need to make it mandatory to participate in continuous improvement?
Every month or two, Greg Jacobson, MD and I have an "Ask Us Anything" video discussion with questions submitted by…
A Recommended Sequence of Podcasts and Webinars on Kaizen and Continuous…
I've produced A LOT of content about Kaizen and continuous improvement over the past 11 years, including podcasts…
#TBT: Podcast Interview with Dr. Greg Jacobson of @KaiNexus from 2011 (New PDF…
It's been just over six years since I joined the team at KaiNexus, serving in various capacities over that time. As…
#TBT: Kaizen Upon Kaizen in Meeting Scheduling (and a New Kaizen of Mine)
Kaizen is an incremental approach to problem solving and continuous improvement. We don't need to put pressure on…
The Power of “How Might We?”
In this post, I write about a phrase that I heard many times when visiting Franciscan St. Francis Health in…
Imitation as a Path to Innovation… If You Know What to Copy…
At the recent Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, there were thought provoking presentations... and we had many…
Not All Improvement Ideas Require “Projects” It's Not All About Cost…
In this post, I share some thoughts and build upon one of the presentations at last week's Lean Healthcare…
3 Nice Videos About Continuous Improvement Universal concepts across industries…
There are many helpful videos on YouTube with great illustrations of Kaizen and continuous improvement mindsets and…
Do Words Matter on a Kaizen Card? Should we call it something other than a Kaizen…
If we're going to practice Kaizen (continuous improvement), do the words matter? Should we call it a Kaizen Card or…