Tag: Kaizen
Japan Tour Reflections: Taking Home Lean Artifacts or Lean Thinking?
Reflecting more on my recent Japan tour (see previous posts) one word came up in my notes: artifacts.
One dictionary definition of that term is...
Patient Participation in Lean Renews Her Faith in Health Care
Here is a nice story that's been in my blog's "to write about" inventory since late October: "Participation in Lean events has renewed my...
KaiNexus Education Video #8 — Fast Responses to Ideas
Here is video #8 in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team (see...
Weekend Fun: Muda and a Lack of Kaizen on “The Office”
Here's a great clip from Thursday's episode of The Office. One of the new employees shows how he enters customer complaints into the computer...
The “Gold Prize” Kaizen QC Project Saved How Much?
Yesterday, our tour group had a chance to visit an outstanding factory. They manufacture gas meters and they do everything from casting aluminum, creating...
A Japanese Hospital CEO on Kaizen, Innovation, and Breakthrough
Yesterday, our Lean Healthcare tour of Japan (with Kaizen Institute) took us to our second hospital, this time in Tokyo. The CEO, Shuhei Iida,...
Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the Non-Essential…”
Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said, of the practice at Toyota, that...
Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn’t Come...
Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't able...
Visiting the Toyota Museum in Nagoya
While I'm in Japan this week (read about the trip), I'm going to keep my blogging light - my aim is to share one...
Archive of Free Webinar – Greg Jacobson, MD on Kaizen for...
Updated 11/8 to include a link to the recording and changing the post to past tense.
Gregory Jacobson, MD, co-founder and CEO of KaiNexus (disclosure:...
KaiNexus Education Video #7 – No Countermeasure? That’s OK
Here is the seventh in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team. We...
Kaizen vs. Suggestion Box: Effective Employee Engagement Strategies with Mark Graban...
The Lean Enterprise Institute recorded this short video while we were at the recent Northeast Shingo Prize conference. Thanks to them for doing this...