Tag: Lean Hospitals

Lean Hospitals: Leadership, Learning, and Better Healthcare Systems

Lean Hospitals is about improving patient care, staff well-being, safety, and flow by fixing systems—not blaming people or cutting costs at any price. These posts explore Lean healthcare as a management and leadership system grounded in respect for people, psychological safety, and continuous learning.

Drawing from hospitals, health systems, and frontline clinical work, this archive reflects the core ideas from Lean Hospitals: improvement without layoffs, learning from mistakes, daily problem solving, and leadership behaviors that make sustainable improvement possible in healthcare.

“The New Lean Hospitals Are Here!”

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Yesterday was an exciting day for me, professionally and personally, as I received my first copies of the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals (I'll...

I Want to Send Your Hospital or Health System CEO My...

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As the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals is starting to ship, I'm having some great conversations with people about the "State of Lean...

What These Nurses Had to Say About “Lean Hospitals”; Free Gift...

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I recently learned that a company called Anderson Continuing Education offers continuing education (CE) credits for nurses related to my book Lean Hospitals. See their page...

Lean Hospitals: Thoughts from a Health System C.O.O. on Lean, Purpose,...

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In the previous editions of my book Lean Hospitals, I've included case examples from Avera McKennan Hospital and Avera Health. Fred Slunecka is the former president...

Free Chapter – Upcoming 3rd Edition of “#Lean Hospitals”

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The revised, updated, and expanded third edition of my book Lean Hospitals has been sent to the printer and copies should start shipping by mid...

Toyota Production System Explained: Why Philosophy Matters More Than Tools

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There's a triangle diagram on the TSSC webpage that describes an "integrated system" that consists of: technical methods, managerial methods, philosophy. All of this is "focused on people development," Jamie told me for the book. The model starts with people and human development in the middle, as "people are the most valuable resource," says Bonini.

How Hospitals Got the Wrong Idea That Lean Is Only About...

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It's very frustrating when I hear people in healthcare complain that their hospital or health system has equated Lean with cost savings -- only focusing on cost reduction or primarily focusing on it...

Updating a Vision, Again, for Lean Hospitals (or Lean Health Systems)

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Back in 2011, I asked for and received some great input from readers about updating a chapter for the second edition of my book Lean Hospitals...

I Wish I Could Say I Intentionally Made This Mistake to...

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As I mentioned on Monday, I'm working on a 3rd revised edition of my book Lean Hospitals. Traditional book publishing is a funny (and sometimes frustrating)...

Practicing Lean: A Comprehensive eBook on Lean Implementation Lessons

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Launch anouncement: It's been 20 years now since I graduated from college and started working with the Lean methodology. The first ten years of...

Standardization is a Countermeasure, Not a Goal

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Today's post is being hosted by the Lean Enterprise Institute and their "Lean Post" blog... click on the headline below or the image to...

You Get What You Expect and Deserve What You Tolerate: A...

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Along my Lean journey, I learned an expression about the role of leaders, and I shared this in my first book, Lean Hospitals: "You get what...
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