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…
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Kaizen
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…
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...
A Lean Lesson…
This WSJ Article About Lean Isn’t Terrible (via GE and 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…
When People Start Sharing Their Amazing Covid Vaccination Improvements
The past two weeks, I've been part of an initiative that's like a social-benefit startup effort within a startup.…
Will “Kaizen” Get the Buffalo Bills to Next Year’s Super Bowl?
I'm not a Buffalo Bills fan (a.k.a. "The Bills Mafia"), but I did attend one game at what was then called Rich…
“Adopting and Adapting” TPS to the Raymond Lean Management System
My guest for Episode #390 is Keith Ingels, the TPS (Toyota Production System) Manager for Raymond Corporation…
Join Me Tomorrow for a Panel Discussion on the “Future of CI in a Changing…
Thanks to Keivan Zokaei and SA Partners for inviting me to be part of a webinar panel discussion that's being held…
I Learned a New Word for Our Continuous Improvement Vocabulary — Maybe
Almost to a fault, the Lean methodology includes a lot of Japanese words, including kaizen, a word used to…
[Recording] Another Panel Discussion Webinar on Real Continuous Improvement in…
In June, I moderated a panel discussion webinar (as part of the KaiNexus series) on the theme of virtual…
[Recording] Panel Discussion Webinar on Virtual Improvement
It's a big webinar week for me, as I presented two (here and here) and I moderated a new webinar in the KaiNexus…