Tag: PDCA

If you've ever waited in a long Chick-fil-A drive-through line, chances are it was the most pleasant traffic jam you've experienced. Efficient, polite, and...

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I'm very excited to depart for Japan on Sunday for the first time in five years! The week of November 11, I'll be part of...

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The core of Lean and the Toyota Production System is the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) or Plan-Do-Study-Adjust (PDSA) mindset. It's a structured approach for problem-solving and...

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Joining me again for Episode #386 is Steve Spear, who reached out to share recollections of one of his most influential teachers and mentors,...

tl;dr summary: The blog post discusses the importance of reporting and solving problems for patient safety in Japan. It highlights stories from two hospitals...

Here's a blog post written by three physicians: Can the auto industry improve spinal fusion surgery? It's interesting that they so closely associate Lean with the auto industry when, at this point, Lean is used in virtually every industry and setting. That's why I used the word "Lean" in the title of my blog post here. They are also authors of a journal article titled "Application of Lean Principles to Neurosurgical Procedures: The Case of Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery, a Literature Review and Pilot Series," published in Operative Neurosurgery. In my post, I comment on their work...

I first learned about an approach to personal development called "The Harada Method" when Norman Bodek co-authored a book with Takashi Harada: The Harada Method: The Spirit of Self-Reliance. Norman was a guest on my podcast in 2013 to talk about this... The Harada Method has been on mind again recently thanks to the success of Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani, from Japan.

Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I visited: Shanghai. This post...

After arriving at the hotel in Beijing at about 8 pm the night before, I participated in a day-long Lean Healthcare conference that very...