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When people ask me why I do what I do, my first answers are: improving patient safety creating better…

Here's the latest installment of "Key Tweets," a post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from the…

Last weekend, at a patient safety conference, I heard a physician talk about "robust process improvement" and this,…

Today's post is published over on LinkedIn, as part of the "Influencers' program that I'm a part of. Kermit the…

My blog will turn 10 years old in February, 2015. You're probably either thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" or "Get a…

Long-time readers might remember this post of mine from February 2007: Bad Lean/5S Hits the UK Media Please check…

In March, I wrote a post titled "Is it Lean's Fault or the Old Management System's?" about how people's…

Since the healthcare improvement work I do is apolitical and non-partisan, I'm generally not one to butt into the…

It's easy for an organization to say they are "doing Lean" or they have "started a Lean transformation." They might…

I read this valid complaint from somebody on a LinkedIn group.... it led to a "facepalm" that I managed to catch on…

An old friend of mine (whose name and company remains confidential) recently saw me reference an old blog post on…

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

After the nice response to Lean Hospitals and  Healthcare Kaizen, I often get asked, "So, what's your next book…

Today I'm linking to a guest post that I wrote for my friend Marc Rouppe van der Voort who works at St.…

I was preparing for the Gemba Academy webinar that I'm doing next Tuesday (you can still sign up) on Stories…

I sometimes do a "What I'm Reading" post where I share links to good stuff I've read recently. Today, I'm…

My whole career, I have worked with the Lean methodology (aka the Toyota Production System). I've just really never…

As the creator of the admittedly awkward L.A.M.E. acronym (meaning Lean As Mistakenly Explained or Lean As…