I wanted to post a few updates about some efforts related to the Lean Enterprise Institute: WIHI audio session on lean healthcare today 4 PM with John Toussaint, Steve Spear, and Gary Kaplan The upcoming book “On the Mend“ Our…
The Winnipeg Free Press has an article about their local St. Boniface Hospital, a member of the LEI/ThedaCare network I’m involved with called the Healthcare Value Network. About 40 of us from different Network member organizations visited last Thursday and…
Thanks to Eric Ries for an outstanding webinar today for LEI, “Lessons from Lean Startups.” We had over 1300 registrants from over 60 countries, plus he had the challenge of a very diverse audience (people from startups, big companies, hospitals,…
Due out in June is a book that I think will be an important one for the Lean Healthcare movement. That book is about the Lean journey of the Wisconsin health system ThedaCare. It’s called On the Mend: Transforming Healthcare…
Looking ahead to Wednesday’s free LEI webinar “Lessons from Lean Startups” with Eric Ries, it’s exciting to see Eric and Steve Blank featured in the NY Times today (“The Rise of the Fleet-Footed Start-Up“). You can sign up for the…
In an article (“Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor“) from Canada’s National Post newspaper says Lean healthcare is “taking Canadian healthcare by storm.” The piece leads with some work done by Windsor’s Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital – a…
Working at the Lean Enterprise Institute gave me an unexpected daily benefit: I finally got to use a simple office kanban system instead of just helping others design one. In past roles, I’d set up kanban in factories and hospitals…
In this post, I’m going to tell you about some upcoming Lean events I’m involved in – planning, producing, or participating. Eric Ries “Lean Startups” Webinar for LEI Shingo Prize Conference Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit I think these will all…
Yesterday was iPad debut day – the new product was in stores and was supposed to arrive to those who pre-ordered it via UPS. UPS… on a Saturday? Doesn’t that cost a shipper (Apple) more for Saturday? I wonder why…
Mark’s Note: Don’t know Liz? Check out her Lean Blogger profile video on YouTube. One world is getting bigger—at least from my vantage point as a specialist in LEAN COMMUNICATIONS principles and practices. The lean community gathered at the Lean…
Jim Womack visited Lantech, a manufacturer of stretch wrappers and other packaging equipment. While there and visiting the “gemba,” Jim was interviewed about Lean, what he saw at Lantech, and Toyota’s recent problems. You can see the interview here, in…
Today’s post is a few Friday odds and ends about a new thing I’ve been involved, events I’m attending, and a new book I’m anxious to read (after I’m done reading a favorite old one).