Tag: PDSA

Lean Lesson: Don’t Get Crushed Because of Bad Standardized Work

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There are variations out there of graphics that are meant to illustrate how Standardized Work and Kaizen fit together. Kaizen is often articulated or...

An Example of Quick PDSA Study & Adjust on ESPN’s MNF?

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Last night was the first night of Monday Night Football (MNF) on ESPN. I didn't tune in until the last five minutes of the...

I Haven’t Been Following the Best Standardized Work for This Daily...

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"The way we've always done it" doesn't mean that's the right way or the best way to do something. One of my daily habits is...

The One Word I Kept Hearing at Wineries in Spain and...

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I'll get right to it. The word: "Experiment." Well, I also heard "experiments" and "experimenting," but you get the idea. As I've blogged about before, my wife...

A PDSA Cycle in the Early Days of Baseball Uniforms

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As somebody who grew up as a big baseball fan, I somehow managed to not see the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball. I've been watching...

Podcast #312 – Jeff Hunter on “Patient-Centered Strategy”

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Joining me today for Episode #312 of the podcast is Jeff Hunter, author of the excellent book "Patient-Centered Strategy: A Learning System for Better Care." Jeff was with the ThedaCare in Wisconsin, where he was Senior Vice President, Strategy and Marketing for the health system. After retiring from ThedaCare, he has been a faculty member for Catalysis and has started his own consulting firm, Jeff Hunter Strategy. In today's podcast, we discuss a number of topics, including how a good strategy is a necessary input for a "strategy deployment" management process, some of the problems with traditional approaches to strategic planning, and why an iterative PDSA approach works better than static plans.

Unleashing Potential: Shohei Ohtani, Takashi Harada, and Norman Bodek’s Approach to...

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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.

Applying Kaizen to My Various Websites

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I do my best to practice what I preach. I'm not perfect, by any means, but I'm pretty good about practicing the "Kaizen" style of continuous improvement. In this post, I share three recent examples of my Kaizen efforts for LeanBlog.org, JapanLeanTrip.com, and LeanHospitalsBook.com.

Toyota Helps a Young Inventor; Look at His Dad’s Toyota Desk

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it's great to see an 11 year old thinking like an engineer and an entrepreneur. He's the son of a Toyota "operational excellence" consultant. For those who try to unfortunately equate Lean to a "clean desk policy," the father's desk is a great argument against banning family photos and an illustration of why Lean isn't about putting tape around everything...

Stop Wasting People’s Time (in a #LeanStartup or any Organization) by...

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As Eric wrote about in The Lean Startup (and as many others say), time is the most precious commodity anybody has. I think that's true in startups and it's true in other organizations. Everybody says they don't have enough time. So, we have to use it wisely.

My Webinar Recording: Standardize What Makes Sense…

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Today at 3 PM, I'm doing a webinar at the invitation of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, as part of their "Quality Café" series. Thanks for the invitation! It's open to the public and it's titled: "Standardize What Makes Sense... Then Engage Everybody in Improving What You Standardized" I hope you can join us...

… But I Do Have Time for Fire Fighting

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This recent tweet of mine struck a nerve, apparently, based on the number of times it was liked and retweeted -- "Heard often: "We don't have time for improvement." Heard never: "We don't have time for fire fighting."