Tag: Kaizen

I was fortunate to be exposed to the writings of W. Edwards Deming before I even learned about Lean. While I sometimes get tired...

I was fortunate to have the chance to speak and visit at a few hospitals in Sweden back in February, 2010 (see my blog...

Thanks to George Friesen for pointing me toward his video about "Idea Boards" as a Kaizen methodology. Like George, I was inspired to start using...

Again, I'm very happy to host the Carnival for  John Hunter  and his  Curious Cat management improvement blog. My job here is to share...

While I love interviewing others for my Podcast series, sometimes the tables and the microphones get turned and I get interviewed. Here are a few...

There's a great piece, currently available for free on the HBR website, about continuous improvement: The Culture to Cultivate The author, George Halvorson, is the recently...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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