Tag: Kaizen
That Moment When You Realize a Potential Client CEO is a...
Many healthcare organizations are non-profits. They provide some "community benefit" in terms of charity care (as do for-profit healthcare organizations).
Then, there are healthcare organizations...
This Date in Lean Blog History: August 6
My blog will turn 10 years old in February 2015. You're probably either thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" or "Get a life, dude." :-)
Here's a...
Don’t Miss These Webinars & a New Workshop on “Healthcare Kaizen”
New KaiNexus Webinar - 8/21
Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing another new webinar in a few weeks:
"Getting Started with Continuous Improvement: Lessons and...
Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories
If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota isn't killing their famed and...
Video: What is Kaizen?
I made this short three-minute video for KaiNexus where I try to succinctly answer the question, "What is Kaizen?"
Click the thumbnail below to view...
Intuit CEO Brad Smith & Lean Thinking
I was happy to see this article in FORTUNE's recent issue: "Brad Smith, Intuit CEO: How To Be A Great Leader: Get Out Of...
Report to President Obama Endorses Lean & Systems Engineering in Healthcare
I recently saw a tweet that referenced a May 2014 that was sent to President Obama and his administration: "Report to the President - Better HealthCare...
Podcast #204 – Paul Plsek, Lean & Innovation at Virginia Mason...
Joining me today for Episode #204 is Paul Plsek, and we're talking about his excellent book (a Shingo Research Award recipient this year) titled...
Webinar Recording: What to Do When you Have Lots of Employee...
At KaiNexus, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have been doing new webinars each month (see the library here). Our most recent one was hosted...
Picking on the PICK Chart
The so-called "PICK chart" has become a pretty common sight in healthcare as a way of visualizing and prioritizing Lean or Kaizen improvement ideas....
Just Do It? Don’t Forget to Then Just Study It and...
I had a great conversation with my fellow Lean healthcare blogger, Brian Buck, the other day. We talk about once a month or so......
A Little Kaizen in Baseball – The Washington Nationals’ Bullpen
I saw this article over the holiday weekend: "Nats install bullpen seating for relievers."
The Washington Nationals relief pitchers asked to have a set of...