Tag: Kaizen

I am happy to share, with permission, a new journal article that I co-authored with Jim Adams ("The Synthesizer"), the senior director of laboratory...

As I'm going through revisions of my book, Lean Hospitals, a theme jumps out at me in Chapter 2.... it's all about trust. The first...

I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to save." That headline makes...

In discussions of "kaizen" (the Japanese word that is translated to "continuous improvement" or "change for the better"), I often hear of organizations talk...

Hi - As a reader of my blog, your input and thoughts are important to me. I am currently co-authoring a new book with Joe...

I really had a great learning experience at last week's LEI Lean Transformation Summit that was held here in Dallas. The event sold out...

Mark's note: I'm happy to have a new guest blogger, Dr. Wiljeana Glover, from MIT, and a fellow member of the Society for Health...

Regular readers might know that I'm working on a second book project, about "kaizen" (continuous improvement) in healthcare. Sign up to receive more info...

Friday, I blogged about a WIRED Magazine piece by Joel Johnson that was pretty disrespectful of manufacturing, in general, as he wrote that "every...

This might seem like a random topic, but what the heck, it's a Friday. I arrived in Orlando yesterday for the  Society for Health...

Toyota has produced a series of videos that show how their innovations, technology and otherwise, have benefitted people outside of automobiles. One video that caught...

I'm really thankful for an attendee in a training workshop for sharing this video as an example of traditional "non-Lean"  attitudes  and practices that...