Tag: Kaizen

Kaizen: Daily Improvement, Learning, and Leadership in Practice

Kaizen is often misunderstood as small ideas or isolated improvement events. In practice, Kaizen is a daily, people-centered approach to learning and improving work—supported by leadership, good systems, and psychological safety. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and real-world examples of Kaizen in action, across healthcare and other industries, with a consistent focus on leadership behaviors, respect for people, and learning from problems rather than hiding them.

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 2nd, 2023

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Why Former Toyota Employees Embrace Small Kaizen Improvement Ideas

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It's not surprising when a former Toyota employee responds positively to small improvement ideas--because kaizen is about noticing problems, welcoming feedback, and acting quickly. I'm...

Kaizen Upon Kaizen: Continuing to Improve our KaiNexus Webinars Experience for...

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At KaiNexus, we practice what we preach when it comes to continuous improvement. One thing I do for the software company is managing the...

Unlocking The Power Of Kata: Tracy Defoe On Adult Learning, Coaching,...

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Joining us for Episode #467 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Tracy Defoe. She is an adult education consultant and researcher specializing in workplace education. For parts...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2022

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Employee Ideas and Continuous Improvement at UMass Memorial Health

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TL;DR: UMass Memorial Health has implemented more than 100,000 employee improvement ideas by treating continuous improvement as a leadership responsibility--not a suggestion program. This...

The Video From the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan

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When I visited the Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan (see my previous blog posts about it), they had a display that includes a video...

How Small Tests of Change Prevent Big Mistakes

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This post shares a simple, real example of Lean thinking in action--using small tests of change to learn safely and avoid bigger, more costly...

Gauthier Duval on Kaizen Events, Organizational Development, and “Veryable” Labor

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #461 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Gauthier Duval, the Director...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 26nd, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Insights about improvement, innovation,...

Alan Robinson on Continuous Improvement for All and Practical Innovation in...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #451 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dr. Alan G. Robinson....

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 10th, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...
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