What Do Cars Have to Do With Healthcare? How to Adopt and Adapt Lessons From…
Today, I'm giving a talk at the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) conference in Toronto. I was…
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Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement at…
Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center …
Reelecting a #Lean Governor in Washington? Continuing with Lean Either Way?
It's probably, ahem, not the most closely watched election race in the United States today, but it will be…
A #Lean Guy Visits a Hospital and Medical School in Chongqing, China
Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about my first significant walk…
You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate 16 Weeks of Staff Time to…
How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“?…
What I’m Reading 12/30/13: GM’s CEO, Human Error, Costing, and Really…
To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was…
Society for Health Systems (#SHS2013) Notes – MD Anderson Talks on #Deming…
I think this was my sixth consecutive year attending the annual Society for Health Systems Conference, held this…
“Kaizen” Mentioned in Dilbert Cartoon, but in a Warped Way
The word "kaizen" appeared in last Friday's Dilbert strip. It's a funny portrayal of how some might misinterpret…
Podcast #104 – Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), Lean in Histopathology
Podcast #104 is a discussion with Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), a friend of mine and the Lean Blog the past…
Error Proofing Vs. “Be Careful” – Which is More Effective?
Why do you need a "be careful" warning message when you've already error proofed something? For liability's sake?…