Tag: Kaizen

Kaizen: Daily Improvement, Learning, and Leadership in Practice

Kaizen is often misunderstood as small ideas or isolated improvement events. In practice, Kaizen is a daily, people-centered approach to learning and improving work—supported by leadership, good systems, and psychological safety. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and real-world examples of Kaizen in action, across healthcare and other industries, with a consistent focus on leadership behaviors, respect for people, and learning from problems rather than hiding them.

Can You Even Consider Kaizen When the Chart Showing Time and...

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In the KaiNexus webinar that I did with Dr. Greg Jacobson earlier this week ("Making Time for Continuous Improvement" - view the recording), I shared a graph...

Franciscan Kaizen Video #8: A Hospital Manager Makes Time for Kaizen

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It's been a little while, but here's a new video about Kaizen and continuous improvement from our friends at Franciscan St. Francis Health in...

New from KaiNexus: Blog Posts, Podcasts, and Upcoming Webinar (and Some...

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I'm proud of the work that the team at KaiNexus has done in the four years that I've been involved with the company in...

Let’s Play Match Game ’15 – Suggestion Box Edition

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I guess this counts as a "Flashback Friday," as I was reminded of an old game show that I loved as a kid: Match...

Going to Gemba in Japan: Reflections on Two Lean Healthcare Study...

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I've gone to Japan twice now with Kaizen Institute to study Lean with healthcare professionals from around the world. I first went in 2012,...

Fear, Lies, Failure, and Success (and Laughs) on the Show “Silicon...

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I love the show "Silicon Valley" and I just "binge watched" all ten episodes of Season 2 while traveling home from vacation. A few...

Back from Vacation – Digital Detox Tips & Webinar Tomorrow on...

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I'm back from two weeks of vacation and I'm going to ease back into social media and the blog, which includes a free webinar...

Kaizen Hints from Heloise, or, If Kaizen is Common Sense, Why...

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I'm a big nerd in that I love reading newspapers basically cover to cover. I'm a nerd in many ways, I guess. You don't...

How Would You Respond to This Kaizen Idea? Which of These...

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When I teach about Kaizen and continuous improvement, I try to use scenarios and cases to help people think through how they would respond...

A Lean Guy Reads the Boston Papers: Facts, Respect, and Baseball...

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My wife and I were in Boston over the weekend, as it was her fifth reunion from her MIT master's program. I'm also an...

Podcast #223 – Christian Wolcott, Lean Trips to Japan with Kaizen...

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My guest for podcast episode #223 is Christian Wolcott, a senior advisor and director of Kaizen Institute North America and their director for Japan...

Gemba in the NICU: More Insights from our “Kaizen Live” Experience...

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In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I came to call "Kaizen Live," I...
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