Tag: Kaizen

Kaizen & Lean Healthcare Classes with TechSolve in Ohio, August 6-8

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I'm happy to announce that I'm partnering with TechSolve, a non-profit organization in Ohio, to jointly deliver three day-long workshops on Kaizen and Lean...

Most Workers “Hate Their Job” (Are Disengaged); Lean & Kaizen Can...

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It's always sad then these national employee engagement surveys come out... the latest one from Gallup doesn't paint a pretty picture: "Most workers hate...

Video about “Healthcare Kaizen” at Franciscan St. Francis Health System

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Below is a very nice video that was produced by Franciscan St. Francis Health System, the organization where my  Healthcare Kaizen co-author Joe Swartz...

Snowden-Proofing the NSA

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Regardless of whether you think the NSA leaks that Edward Snowden admitted to make him a hero or a traitor, it begs the question: How...

Toyota’s Jamie Bonini on Organizational Culture

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Last week at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I really enjoyed the presentation by Jamie Bonini,  General Manager of the  Toyota Production System Support...

Can’t Always Believe Somebody Saying “Toyota Would Tell You To…”

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In my experience, you have to be cautious when somebody says either, "Lean says you should...." or "Toyota would tell you to..." because those...

Workshop in Seattle, July 29: An Introduction to Lean for Knowledge...

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I'm happy to announce that I'm collaborating with Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry, fellow Shingo Research Prize recipients, and experts in the "personal...

Lean Thinking (Finally?) Gets to Chrysler Windsor Plant?

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This article appeared back in March... March of 2013... as in this year: "Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class." I mean,...

“Healthcare Kaizen” Public Workshop – June 25, Dallas / Fort Worth

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I first held a public registration workshop based on the book "Healthcare Kaizen"  in Denver last month. I'm going to repeat the workshop in...

Toyota Brings TPS & The Toyota Way to India – The...

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Here's a fascinating article: "How Toyota brought its famed manufacturing method to India." The piece starts with a story about a classic Toyota management practice...

Ten “Everyday Lean” Examples of Creativity over Capital

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There's a fun post on Lifehacker with photos of (and links to details on) ten clever household "hacks." In the "kaizen" mindset, there's a great...

AME Spring Conference: Art Byrne

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Like yesterday's "live blog" post about the Autoliv talk, I also wrote this post as Art Byrne talked, but held it for publication today....