For Big Leaps With New Year’s Resolutions, Start With Baby Steps
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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…
The One Where I’m Interviewed About Lean in Healthcare (and Also Talk…
Somebody pointed Dominic Rubino to me as somebody who could be a guest on his podcast. His podcast is focused on…
The Catch-22 of #Lean & Kaizen: You Get More ROI by NOT Focusing Only on…
This post builds off of a little rant I went on over on LinkedIn. I wrote:
The Catch-22 of "Lean" training and…
It’s Exciting to See an “Idea Board” at Buffalo Trace Distillery
Thanks to posting about the trip on LinkedIn, I learned that Mike Bukowski is now working for Sazerac, the parent…
Presentation About Kaizen and KaiNexus From 2013 [Video]
Recently, I stumbled across some video of me and Dr. Greg Jacobson giving a talk at a health system. I think it's…
What Do Cars Have to Do With Healthcare? How to Adopt and Adapt Lessons From…
Today, I'm giving a talk at the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) conference in Toronto. I was…
A Health System CEO Leads by Example on #Lean & Huddles
Today is one of those days where I think, "Forget what I have to say, read this...."
This being a LinkedIn post…
How 200 Jobs Were Saved by Engaging Employees in Continuous Improvement
Mark's Note: Today's post is the first guest post by Jess Orr, who you might remember from the webinars that she…
Should This Japanese Hospital React to a Dip in Kaizen Submissions? “Small Kaizen”…
Last week, I wrote Part 1 of this piece about TQM and "Small Kaizen" at a Japanese Hospital pharmacy.
The…
Comparing Toyota’s Latest Ramp Up to Tesla’s
The first thing that prompted me to write this post is an interesting article about Toyota and their Georgetown,…
“Small Kaizen” at a Japanese Hospital Pharmacy, Part 1 Building upon a…
I'm overdue in writing more about my last trip to Japan a few months back.
Today, I'll like to share some…
Lessons from Tesla: Short-Term Thinking and Short-Term Layoffs
Again, Tesla and their CEO Elon Musk are generating a lot of news and, I think, many things to think about, even if…