Tag: Kaizen

Practicing What We Preach: Kaizen for the Kaizen Cards

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I do my best to "practice what I preach" in terms of Lean and Kaizen principles and spirit. No, I don't have tape outlines...

Guest Post: The Kaizen / Kata Nexus

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Mark's note: Today's post is written by Michael Lombard -- you can find him on Twitter or read his blog "Hospital Kaizen" here. This post...

New Lean & Lean Startup Candy Hearts for Valentine’s Day

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Ok, for those of you who maybe find "50 Shades of Lean" to be a bit too racy, here are some sweet "candy hearts"...

Cartoon: The Workplace “Brain Check Station”

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Here's my latest cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist (and medical assistant), Carrie Schurman. You can see the whole series via this link. How many organizations ask...

A #Kaizen Example from St. Francis: From “Flavored Snot” to Applesauce...

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Here's the latest video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all...

The “Productivity Paradox” of Healthcare IT and the ROI Paradox of...

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I've been reading a preview copy of the upcoming book (due out in April) by Dr. Bob Wachter, The Digital Doctor. It's fantastic and...

Cool Stuff from KaiNexus – A Quiz, Video, Haikus, Webinar, and...

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Our team has been doing some cool stuff over on our KaiNexus website and I wanted to batch up the sharing of some of...

Should You Engage Your Employees in Continuous Improvement?

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Here's a fun video that I created for KaiNexus, based on this clever flow chart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwewknnpAQI The answer, most always, is YES! If your employees are...

Random Super Bowl XLIX Lean-Like Moments – Katy Perry and GE

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Following up my earlier post about the "Patriot Way..." During her halftime extravaganza (video), Katy Perry had a silver strap around her wrist, attached to the microphone....

Webinar Previews: Lean is All About People? Leadership Behaviors for Kaizen

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Tomorrow afternoon, I'm doing two different webinars that I hope you'll want to sign up for. Even if you can't attend live, I'd encourage you...

My Visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 1

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I've been overdue in writing more posts about our Japan tour that took place two months ago now. See previous posts in this series....

Putting Up Signs and Shooting Down Ideas

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A friend sent me a link to this article, "7 cultural concepts we don't have in the U.S.," and he told me to check...
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