Tag: Kaizen

KaiNexus Education Video #10: Improving Communication

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About two years ago, we produced some short two- to three-minute education videos about Lean, Kaizen, and continuous improvement for KaiNexus. These were intended...

Homer Simpson Does Some Kaizen at Home and a Gemba Walk...

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Recently, while watching part of The Simpsons marathon that aired on FXX, I was inspired to write this post: "Proof That Nelson from The...

Podcast #209 – George Friesen on Lean, Kaizen, and Idea Boards...

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Listen My guest for episode #209 is George Friesen, Business Practice Leader for Lean Transformations in the Workforce Solutions Group at St. Louis Community College. In this episode, we...

New KaiNexus Education Videos – #9: Identify, Report, and Solve Small,...

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About two years ago, we produced some short two- to three-minute education videos about Lean, Kaizen, and continuous improvement for KaiNexus. These were intended...

Video Interviews with Karl Wadensten and Paul Akers

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Our theme this month on the KaiNexus blog is executive leadership. We are concluding that series with a new webinar that will be hosted...

Lean Healthcare Success in Minnesota – And One Off Base Op-Ed

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Here's an article that summarizes the pocket of Lean healthcare activity in and around Winona and LaCrosse, Minnesota: "Waste reduction: Area health systems embrace lean...

Turning “Waste” Into a Clever Acronym

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I wrote about Kaizen the other day on LinkedIn and the first comment was from Dr. Leke Agbejule, BPharm, MSc, PharmD, from South Florida: Very well said. As...

To Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement, Put Away the Gavel!

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I am giving a new webinar on Wednesday, hosted by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (to promote a public registration workshop on Kaizen...

Proof That Nelson from The Simpsons is Not a Good Kaizen...

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If you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of The Simpsons. The show has been on TV for 25 of my 40...

Are You Making Excuses or Solving Problems? [Video & Transcript]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g202QmfzpFo Here is a 10-minute talk I gave at the 2014 Lean Transformation Summit. I'm introduced by Jim Womack and we do Q&A at the...

Kaizen: What if We Get Bad Ideas from Employees?

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In our Healthcare Kaizen books, Joe Swartz and I have tried to make the case that the Kaizen style of continuous improvement isn't just a...

Read What This Hospital CEO Says on His Blog About Lean...

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Hospital CEOs are busy people, to say the least, but a big part of their leadership role includes communication with employees, physicians, and the...
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